Dashboard

Dashboard??

Definition« A dashboard is a visual display

of the most important information needed to achieve one or more objectives which fits entirely on a single computer screen so it can be monitored at a glance »

Examples first

BAD example ›

Average dashboard ›

Good dashboard ›

Great dashboard ›

Great because• Lots of important data• Few colors• Smart graphs•Nice design• Time overview (sparklines)

More?•Check out the book “Information Dashboard Design” by Stephen few•Read Edward Tufte books about data visualization, they are great

This presentation was done to

explain what a dashboard is. This

was to illustrate the dashboard

in the software “Piwik” (open

source web analytics)

Have a look on http://piwik.org/