Michael Schwan

Michael Schwan is Managing Director of HighCoordination, a leading analytics consulting company with its own platform-independent IBCS® Certified Software product trueChart.

About

After receiving a degree in business computer science (Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker DHBW), Michael Schwan worked for over six years as a consultant in the field of Management Information and Planning Systems.

Today Michael is CEO of the HiCo Group, a consulting company delivering Analytics, Planning and Data Estate solutions, as well as CEO of the trueChart GmbH. trueChart GmbH develops a solution platform for standardized visualization, commenting and collaboration carrying the same name.

Michael believes that the IBCS can and should be utilized efficiently throughout all value creation processes. Companies should maximize the meaningfulness of their reporting in this digital age. Well done Informationdesign is not a matter of taste in all relevant criterias.

IBCS® Certified Consultant

Michael Schwan has successfully completed the IBCS® certification for successful design of reports and presentations at the HICHERT+FAISST IBCS Institute in May 2011.

Work samples

All samples are implemented by using trueChart, the IBCS® certified QlikView extension by HighCoordination.

  • Time line with comments General and periodical comments complement the correctly scaled turnover progression to provide a meaningful and functional business case. Comments can be defined and linked to the dataset in any desired combination of user, language and data criterias.

  • Time line, multiples The multiple turnover can be sorted strictly or optimized for space usage. Space usage is optimized by the available cell structure and totals or other cases can be identified and handled separately.

  • Structural waterfall of Helsana Group The waterfall illustrates the value ratios of the results for the fiscal year 2011 of Helsana Group, without deviating from the context of a strict earnings statement. The aim is to convey a correct feeling for the results and thus for the business of Helsana without omitting important items.

  • Structure with deviation values This example is borrowed from the application scenario of a navigable web interface. In dynamic interfaces, a special role is played by the correct, context-dependent positioning of all elements such as the dynamic, space-dependent labeling, the positioning of highlighting elements, as well as the observance of uniform surface measures.