FLEXIBILTY! Flexibility, Flexibility, Flexibility… User Driven Options Based on Utility System Visualizations and Functionality

Arrangements of Visulations  Modular interface components Graphs, charts, maps can be given preferenceGraphs, charts, maps can be given preference User specified dashboardUser specified dashboard  Multiple points of Entry Different visualizations can be set as a starting pointDifferent visualizations can be set as a starting point Interface components must be interconnectedInterface components must be interconnected  Multiple levels of detail Different levels of detail to available to serve the needs of the task at handDifferent levels of detail to available to serve the needs of the task at hand Interface components that are sensitive to different levels of Understanding/ Domain KnowledgeInterface components that are sensitive to different levels of Understanding/ Domain Knowledge

Arrangment / Analysis of Data  Ability specify custom “Filters”  User specific syndromes Ability to track self- defined itemsAbility to track self- defined items Specify personal sentinelsSpecify personal sentinels  Basic data manipulations Sorting, groupingSorting, grouping Configurable combinationsConfigurable combinations  “I want to see this sysndrome and that one on the same graph”  Specify axes and modes of analysis

User / System Interactions  System should have multiple “display” and “notifications”  Online monitoring Quick analyticsQuick analytics Detailed online analisysDetailed online analisys  Offline “printed” information  Multiple alerting capabilities , phone, pager etc.. , phone, pager etc.. User configurable opt/in-outUser configurable opt/in-out  Data level Interactions ExportsExports Predefined reportsPredefined reports

Function  Limitations of Data are made Visible  Incomplete / Missing data are made Visible  User Response / Analysis can be integrated into interface Ability set comments for signalsAbility set comments for signals Ability to create a record of signal investigationAbility to create a record of signal investigation Must be displayed with analytics so that it is visibleMust be displayed with analytics so that it is visible

Next Steps  Investigate visualization techniques from other fields with similar data structures  Increase level of participation with stakeholders to help determine interface and functional components  Encourage “Outside the Box” design  Formal Evaluation of Current Practices