Wood, AndrewKirkwood, LeighFeng, ZijinAlhaydhal, SultanAlomran, AbdullahBin Taleb, RayanDurazo-Cardenas, IsidroStarr, Andrew2021-09-082021-09-082021-09-07Wood A, Kirkwood L, Feng Z, et al., (2021) Cost data visualisation. In: Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXXIV: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, incorporating the 35th National Conference on Manufacturing Research, 7-10 September 2021, Derby, UK, IOS Press, pp. 408-413978-1-64368-198-62352-751Xhttps://doi.org/10.3233/ATDE210070https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/17065Decision making using the methodologies and analysis generated by the cost engineering function is widely considered good practice across industry, as a way to support both technical engineering decisions and fundamental business decisions. One persistent challenge for the professional cost engineer is to present cost data and information to decision makers and a mix of audiences. Data visualisation is therefore an important element to ensure that data is presented in a clear, effective and convenient format to ensure sufficient insights can be gathered. This work explores different data presentation and visualisation approaches. This review highlighted this topic as a research gap that this paper is novel in addressing. The review findings are further explored through a series of semi-structured interviews with experts in relevant fields to establish effective data visualisation methods, along with the challenges associated with presenting cost data to a variety of audiences. Chart embellishments are one explored area of potential to increase the engagement and understanding of visualisations.enAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Cost-engineeringdata visualisationdataConference paper