For the last couple of months I’ve been beavering away on my first open source application and I’m pleased to say that the first version has now been released.

The project is called KPInator, it’s a business intelligence application that displays key performance indicators (KPIs) in a web browser. In addition the user can set up charts to display historical data.

If you’re in business then you just have to know what your key performance indicators are and what their current values are. If you don’t have this information to hand then you’ve no real idea as to how well your business is doing at any one time. For example, if your business manufactures widgets then you might have a KPI that measures widget production per hour. If widget production per hour falls below a certain level then KPInator will flag this by changing colour.

The application release 0.1.0 is fully functional, if a little rough around the edges. Over the next few weeks I’ll have the sand paper out plus I’ll be enhancing the existing feature set. Please check the KPInator project web site for more updates.

One Response to “First Open Source Publication”

1. Fluffy Links – Monday August 17th 2009 « Damien Mulley says:

   17/08/2009 at 5:45 am

   [...] Dave Hollingworth has released KPInator, an open source tool to help companies with their KPIs. [...]