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Latest revision as of 11:49, 24 October 2016
IS428 Visual Analytics for Business Intelligence
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Information Dashboard Design
Lesson 10 slides and web slides
Content
Introduction to Dashboard
- What is a Dashboard
- Categorising dashboard
- Typical dashboard data
- Presentation dashboard vs analytical dashboard
Thirteen Common Mistakes in Dashboard Design
- Exceeding the boundaries of a single screen
- Supplying inadequate context for the data
- Displaying excessive detail or precision
- Choosing a deficient measure
- Choosing inappropriate display media
- Introducing meaningless variety
- Using poorly designed display media
- Encoding quantitative data inaccurately
- Arranging the data poorly
- Highlighting important data ineffectivelly or Not at All
- Cluttering the display with useless decoration
- Misusing or overusing colour
- Designing an unattractive visual display
How to design dashboard people love to use
- Creating a solid foundation
- Frame out the storyboard
- Identify the building bloacks
- Remember the data visualisation principles
- Usability as one of the key success factor
Specialised Graphical Methods for Information Dashboard
- Bullet graphs
- Sparklines and Bandlines
Hands-on Session
- Designing a business dashboard using Tableau Public
- Designing an analytical dashboard using Panopticon EX Designer
Daily Readings
| Day | Time required | Readings | |
| Day 1 | 60 mins |
Dashboard Confusion [1] Dashboard Confusion Revisited [2] Dashboard Alerts Checklist [3] |
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| Day 2 | 60 mins |
Dashboard Design for Rich and Rapid Monitoring [4] Pervasive Hurdles to Effective Dashboard Design [5] Assessing the Effectiveness of a New Dashboard’s Design [6] |
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| Day 3 | 60 mins |
A Guide to Creating Dashboards People Love to Use [7] Bullet Graph Design Specification [8] Dashboard Design: Taking a Metaphor Too Far [9] |
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| Day 4 | 60 mins |
Sparkline theory and practice Edward Tufte [10] Best Practices for Scaling Sparklines in Dashboards [11] Introducing Bandlines [12] |
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| Day 5 | 60 mins |
Why Most Dashboards Fail [13] Patent Failure: The USPTO’s Oversized but Undernourished New Dashboard [14] Oracle—Have you no shame? [15] The Vicious Cycle of Data Impoverishment [16] |
References
Stephen Few (2013)(2nd Edition) Information Dashboard Design, Analytics Press, USA.
