I’ve been working on the KPI project (among others)
A KPI (Key Performance Indicator) allows decision makers to get a “glance” at the status of the University via a set of numbers and colored arrows.
The numbers are the current from today (Enrollment, for example), and this day last year (not January 28th 2009 – but the 4th day of the 4th week). The arrow shows up if the current year is larger than last year. The color is determined by benchmarks (200 students more than last year makes the arrow go from red to yellow, 400 more goes to green).
There you have it. We’ll be loading data behind them each night and calculating the “glance” so folks can look at it all day long. All with the goal of making financial decisions based on real and updated data.