Data analysis and visualization method

A method of analyzing data relating to an organization, comprising;

• providing a three-dimensional data visualization structure of the organization, the three-dimensional data visualization structure comprising N organizational charts distributed on a surface of a three-dimensional shape, each one of the N organizational charts comprising a plurality of data nodes, and at least some of the plurality of data nodes in each one of the N organizational charts being interconnected with a data node in another one of the N organizational charts;
• mapping data relating to the organization onto the three-dimensional data visualization structure, the data relating to an attribute of one of the data nodes in one of the N organizational charts;
• updating attributes of data nodes in any of the N organizational charts that are interconnected with the one of the data nodes;
• and,
• displaying the three-dimensional data visualization structure with updated attributes for being viewed by a user.

A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for performing a method of analyzing data relating to an organization, the method comprising:

• defining interconnections between data nodes belonging to a first organizational chart of the organization and data nodes belonging to a second organizational chart of the organization, the defined interconnections for correlating the first organizational chart and the second organizational chart in three-dimensions so as to provide a three-dimensional data visualization structure of the organization;
• mapping data relating to the organization onto the three-dimensional data visualization structure using a predetermined process;
• correlating the mapped data against known template data having a relation to categories of organizational structure;
• and,
• providing data indicative of the category of the organizational structure.