Dashboard Design Principles and Best Practices

In this practical, interactive workshop participants build on their knowledge of data visualisation principles and best practices by applying that knowledge to the requirements gathering and design of dashboards that are used by stakeholders to monitor organisation performance and support decision making.

Participants will work in small groups to gather requirements for and design of a dashboard and receive feedback on their design from the experienced facilitator.

Suitability

This course is intended for people who want to build on their knowledge of data visualisation to build effective dashboards tools for performance monitoring and decision making.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course participants will:

Describe what a dashboard is and is not, and how it is used for monitoring and decision making
Describe the different types of dashboards and when each type should be used
Describe the different types of dashboard user and why they use dashboards
Apply best practice principles to the design and development of a dashboard
Use decision-driven design and evolutionary development methods to create effective dashboards
Interact with business users to gather the correct requirements for a dashboard

Course Agenda

Module 1 – Dashboard Concepts & Principles

Dashboard Concepts
What is and is not a dashboard?
The common types of dashboards
Who typically uses dashboards and why?
Data visualisation, storytelling and dashboards
Dashboard Best Practices
The mindset of a dashboard user
Design for function not form
Why usability and interactivity are critical
Using dashboard real estate wisely
Key graphic design principles for dashboards
Data Visualisation for Dashboards
Data visualisations that work well
Data visualisations that don’t work well
Designing for at-a-glance reading

Module 2 – Designing & Building Dashboards

Designing Dashboards
What is decision-driven design
Applying decision-driven design to dashboards
Applying usability principles to dashboards
Building Dashboards
Evolutionary development for dashboards
Build for constant change
The importance of content and usability testing
Dashboard Design Mini-Project

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