The document discusses dashboard design and best practices. It outlines three key elements of effective dashboards: visual display on a single page or screen with the most important information. Dashboards should present carefully selected metrics in a clear visual format like bar graphs, line graphs or bullet graphs to show comparisons over time. Creation of dashboards should have a clear goal, focus on key metrics and continuously improve based on feedback.

1. Dashboarding Chris Sietsema March 1, 2010

5. Not More Data. Rather, The Right Data.

10. Common Problems

11. Too Much

12. Poor Display

13. Poor or Confusing Math

14. The Human Brain

19. Visual Encoding

20. Careful Balance Pretty INFORMATIVE

21. The Dashboard is a Utility , Not a Piece of A r t .

22. Placement & Orientation 1 . 2 ^ 2 3 1

23. Creating Your Dashboard

27. Focus on The Finish Line

28. Assign the Appropriate Display

34. Choose Your Tool

38. Tools You don’t have to be a