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<Font size =5>'''Analytical Dashboard Design'''</font>
 
 
<font size = 3>[[Media:ISS608_Lesson10.pdf|Lesson 10 slides]]</font>
 
 
== 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 ==
 
 
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|Day 1||60 mins||
 
Dashboard Confusion [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/ie/dashboard_confusion.pdf]
 
 
Dashboard Confusion Revisited [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/dboard_confusion_revisited.pdf]
 
 
Dashboard Alerts Checklist [http://www.juiceanalytics.com/writing/dashboard-alerts-checklist/]
 
 
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|Day 2||60 mins||
 
Dashboard Design for Rich and Rapid Monitoring [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/dd_for_rapid_monitoring.pdf]
 
 
Pervasive Hurdles to Effective Dashboard Design [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/pervasive_hurdles_to_dd.pdf]
 
 
Assessing the Effectiveness of a New Dashboard’s Design [http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=672]
 
 
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|Day 3||60 mins||
 
A Guide to Creating Dashboards People Love to Use [http://bit.ly/DashboardsPeopleLoveToUse]
 
 
Bullet Graph Design Specification [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/misc/Bullet_Graph_Design_Spec.pdf]
 
 
Dashboard Design: Taking a Metaphor Too Far [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/dmreview/dashboard_design.pdf]
 
 
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|Day 4||60 mins||
 
Sparkline theory and practice Edward Tufte [http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001OR]
 
 
Best Practices for Scaling Sparklines in Dashboards [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/best_practices_for_scaling_sparklines.pdf]
 
 
Introducing Bandlines [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/introducing_bandlines.pdf] 
 
 
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|Day 5||60 mins||
 
Why Most Dashboards Fail [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/misc/WhyMostDashboardsFail.pdf]
 
 
Patent Failure: The USPTO’s Oversized but Undernourished New Dashboard [http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=832]
 
 
Oracle—Have you no shame? [http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=784]
 
 
The Vicious Cycle of Data Impoverishment [http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=756]
 
 
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== References ==
 
 
Stephen Few (2013)(2nd Edition) '''Information Dashboard Design''', Analytics Press, USA.
 
 
 
 
 
==Discussion==
 
 
[[Talk:Lesson10|Discussion Lesson 10]]
 

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