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<Font size =5>'''Analytical Dashboard Design'''</font>
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== Content ==
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Introduction to Dashboard
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*  What is a Dashboard
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*  Categorising dashboard
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*  Typical dashboard data
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*  Presentation dashboard vs analytical dashboard
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Thirteen Common Mistakes in Dashboard Design 
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*  Exceeding the boundaries of a single screen
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*  Supplying inadequate context for the data
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*  Displaying excessive detail or precision
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*  Choosing a deficient measure
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*  Choosing inappropriate display media
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*  Introducing meaningless variety
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*  Using poorly designed display media
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*  Encoding quantitative data inaccurately
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*  Arranging the data poorly
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*  Highlighting important data ineffectivelly or Not at All
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*  Cluttering the display with useless decoration
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*  Misusing or overusing colour
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*  Designing an unattractive visual display
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How to design dashboard people love to use
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*  Creating a solid foundation
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*  Frame out the storyboard
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*  Identify the building bloacks
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*  Remember the data visualisation principles
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*  Usability as one of the key success factor
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Specialised Graphical Methods for Information Dashboard
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* Bullet graphs
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* Sparklines and Bandlines
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== Hands-on Session ==
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*  Designing a business dashboard using Tableau Public
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*  Designing an analytical dashboard using Panopticon EX Designer
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== Daily Readings ==
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{| border="1" cellpadding="1"
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|-
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|width="40pt"|Time required
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|width="400pt"|Readings
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|Day 1||60 mins||
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Dashboard Confusion [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/ie/dashboard_confusion.pdf]
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Dashboard Confusion Revisited [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/dboard_confusion_revisited.pdf]
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Dashboard Alerts Checklist [http://www.juiceanalytics.com/writing/dashboard-alerts-checklist/]
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|Day 2||60 mins||
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Dashboard Design for Rich and Rapid Monitoring [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/dd_for_rapid_monitoring.pdf]
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Pervasive Hurdles to Effective Dashboard Design [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/pervasive_hurdles_to_dd.pdf]
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Assessing the Effectiveness of a New Dashboard’s Design [http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=672]
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|Day 3||60 mins||
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A Guide to Creating Dashboards People Love to Use [http://bit.ly/DashboardsPeopleLoveToUse]
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Bullet Graph Design Specification [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/misc/Bullet_Graph_Design_Spec.pdf]
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Dashboard Design: Taking a Metaphor Too Far [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/dmreview/dashboard_design.pdf]
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|Day 4||60 mins||
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Sparkline theory and practice Edward Tufte [http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001OR]
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Best Practices for Scaling Sparklines in Dashboards [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/best_practices_for_scaling_sparklines.pdf]
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Introducing Bandlines [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/introducing_bandlines.pdf] 
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|Day 5||60 mins||
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Why Most Dashboards Fail [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/misc/WhyMostDashboardsFail.pdf]
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Patent Failure: The USPTO’s Oversized but Undernourished New Dashboard [http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=832]
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Oracle—Have you no shame? [http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=784]
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The Vicious Cycle of Data Impoverishment [http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=756]
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== References ==
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Stephen Few (2013)(2nd Edition) '''Information Dashboard Design''', Analytics Press, USA.
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==Discussion==
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[[Talk:Lesson10|Discussion Lesson 10]]

Revision as of 07:05, 15 October 2016

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Analytical Dashboard Design

Lesson 10 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]

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]

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]

Day 4 60 mins

Sparkline theory and practice Edward Tufte [10]

Best Practices for Scaling Sparklines in Dashboards [11]

Introducing Bandlines [12]

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.



Discussion

Discussion Lesson 10

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