International Business Communication Standards (IBCS Version 1.2)

International Business Communication Standards (IBCS)
The International Business Communication Standards (IBCS) are practical suggestions for the consistent design of reports, presentations, dashboards and the charts and tables they contain.

Business Communication meets the IBCS Standards if it complies with the seven rules of the SUCCESS formula:

S AY - Convey a message
U NIFY - Apply semantic notation
C ONDENSE - Increase information density
C HECK - Ensure visual integrity
E XPRESS - Choose proper visualization
S IMPLIFY - Avoid clutter
S TRUCTURE - Organize content

The IBCS Standards are published for public use under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA). The review and further development of the IBCS Standards is an ongoing process controlled by the not-for-profit IBCS Association.