effective dashboard design

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As enterprises and other organizations look to sift through and make sense of the all the structured and unstructured data available to them, dashboards are being positioned as the solution to their problems. However, a dashboard needs special attention to the visual design or the dashboard will fail to meet expectations. If not carefully designed, a new dashboard can leave consumers unsatisfied, frustrated, confused, and even overwhelmed. Aaron Hursman shares his experiences designing effective dashboards that deliver on the promise of targeted, accessible, and actionable information. He discusses examples from both his personal work and contributions of thought-leaders in this space. Through these examples, he presents practical dashboard design techniques. He also presents effective approaches to take during design and construction. Finally, Aaron explains the challenges and obstacles that dashboard designers face today, and how to mitigate the risks that result. [Originally presented to RefreshDallas, 16 Oct 2008]

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EFFECTIVEDASHBOARDDESIGN

AARON HURSMAN

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“A dashboard is a visual display of the most important information needed to achieve one or more objectives, consolidated and arranged on a single screen so the information can be monitored at a glance.

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CREDIT: STEPHEN FEW, PERCEPTUAL EDGE

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CREDIT: MICROCHARTS FROM BUENA VISTA SYSTEMS 42

CREDIT: MICROCHARTS FROM BUENA VISTA SYSTEMS

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Aaron Hursmanhttp://aaron.hursman.com

Hitachi Consultinghttp://hitachiconsulting.com

Perceptual Edge (Stephen Few)http://www.perceptualedge.com/

BonaVista (MicroCharts)http://www.bonavistasystems.com/

Edward Tuftehttp://www.edwardtufte.com/

Juice Analyticshttp://juiceanalytics.com/

Jorge Camoes Chartshttp://charts.jorgecamoes.com/

Dashboard Spyhttp://dashboardspy.com/

Dashboards by Examplehttp://tinyurl.com/6kktla

Junk Chartshttp://tinyurl.com/453a2t

Bad Charts & Dashboardshttp://tinyurl.com/3mdcw3

Dundas Data Visualizationhttp://dundas.com/

BI Scorecard Bloghttp://tinyurl.com/3tjkxe

SNL’s Bad Idea Jeanshttp://tinyurl.com/63rxqz

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thxAARON HURSMAN

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