Analytics for the Internet of Things (IoT)

The Hierarchy of Questions method overview

Here, we will introduce a process to plan out visualizations, which we will call the Hierarchy of Questions method. Instead of starting with requirements and mockups, you start with mapping out the thought process of the audience.

After this, you pull together the data needed to answer the questions identified in the mapped thought process. The data should be in a form that can be queried efficiently and in multiple different ways. We will discuss ways to do this in a later chapter.

Finally, visuals are created which are aligned to the mapped thought process. The same data will probably be used multiple times in different ways. The benefit of following this process is that it puts the needs of the ...