Business visualization adds value

The value of information visualization depends on the success of its applications. One important application area is business visualization. To discuss issues and to share experiences and lessons learned in business visualization (bizviz), the visualization community conducted a birds-of-a-feather session on business visualization at the IEEE Information Visualization 97 symposium with 44 spirited attendees. At the session, a survey is distributed to ask attendees about the estimate number of bizviz users and developers in organizations, their implementation stage, their application, and their most important issue. A summarized result of the survey is presented.