Dashboard
Dashboard??
Definition
« A dashboard is a visual display
of the most important
information needed to
achieve one or more
objectives which fits entirely
on a single computer screen
so it can be monitored at a
glance »
Examples first
BAD example ›
Average dashboard ›
Good dashboard ›
Great dashboard ›
Great because
• Lots of important data
• Few colors
• Smart graphs
• Nice design
• Time overview (sparklines)
More?
• Check out the book
“Information Dashboard
Design” by Stephen few
• Read Edward Tufte books
about data visualization,
they are great
This presentation was done to explain
what a dashboard is. This was to
illustrate the dashboard in the
software “Piwik” (open source web
analytics)
Have a look on http://piwik.org/