Miranda K. Donati, M.Sc. (temporarily not aktiv as HCC)

Miranda K. Donati studied cell biology at the University of Berne. After that she carried out research in the neurovasculature and stem cell fields. Since 2008, she has worked as a management consultant in process management, consolidation, and reporting and has substantial experience in implementing projects in this field. She works at ifb group and supports clients from the most diverse sectors in German, English, and French.
Miranda Donati works primarily on the conceptual revision of financial reporting. The focus here is on substantive, procedural and organizational issues. The technical implementation is achieved with the tools available to the customer and realized by the customer or in cooperation with the respective systems experts of ifb or third-party companies.

HICHERT CERTIFIED CONSULTANT (HCC) 

Miranda K. Donati has successfully taken part in the five-day training course to become a HICHERT CERTIFIED CONSULTANT.

Here a brief summary of ifb as well as of the ifb Reporting-check (in German).

Work samples 
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The following work samples (in German) are from Miranda K. Donati.

Example 1

Replacing a trivial visualization
The ifb group created a new report for one customer to increase the level of readability and significance, as compared to normal reporting standards. This neutral example shows how trivial visualizations can be replaced. The visualization “before” uses a lot of space to convey a small amount of information in a confusing manner. The visualization “after” on the right shows more information and the reader is, nevertheless, able to navigate quickly through it.

Example 2

Displaying similar items in the same manner and different items differently
The ifb group created a new report for one customer to increase the level of readability and significance, compared to normal reporting standards. This anonymous example shows how to display different items differently. The visualization “before” above shows different items (number of factories compared to investments in %) using the same kind of line chart. The visualization “before” uses a lot of space to convey a small amount of information in a confusing manner. The visualization “after” below shows a clear concept: Columns shown on the left (in EUR million) and squares on the right (number).

Example 3

Scaling
The ifb group created a new report for one customer to increase the level of readability and significance, compared to normal reporting standards. This anonymous example shows how to use scaling correctly: The visualization “before” above shows high columns, yet the values were actually quite small compared to asset, for example). The visualization “after” below on the right only shows “dashes” for the small values, yet the values are nevertheless still legible. Scaling of this kind (showing small values as small) is indeed difficult if reserves, profit, or the like are to be visualized, however, the picture is a better reflection of reality. The “before” visualization uses a lot of space to convey little information disproportionately.