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Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data :: 0596100167
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Dashboards have become popular in recent years as uniquely powerful tools for communicating important information at a glance. Although dashboards are potentially powerful, this potential is rarely realized. The greatest display technology in the world won't solve this if you fail to use effective visual design. And if a dashboard fails to tell you precisely what you need to know in an instant, you'll never use it, even if it's filled with cute gauges, meters, and traffic lights. Don't let your investment in dashboard technology go to waste. This book will teach you the visual design skills you need to create dashboards that communicate clearly, rapidly, and compellingly. Information Dashboard Design will explain how to: Avoid the thirteen mistakes common to dashboard design Provide viewers with the information they need quickly and clearly Apply what we now know about visual perception to the visual presentation of information Minimize distractions, cliches, and unnecessary embellishments that create confusion Organize business information to support meaning and usability Create an aesthetically pleasing viewing experience Maintain consistency of design to provide accurate interpretation Optimize the power of dashboard technology by pairing it with visual effectiveness Stephen Few has over 20 years of experience as an IT innovator, consultant, and educator. As Principal of the consultancy Perceptual Edge, Stephen focuses on data visualization for analyzing and communicating quantitative business information. He provides consulting and training services, speaks frequently at conferences, and teaches in the MBA program at the University of California in Berkeley. He is also the author of Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten. Visit his website at www.perceptualedge.com. Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
I consider that this book is really useful for a person like me.. who have the principles about Dashboards but don't hnow how present the numbers in the best way...
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Author: Guest
Excellent resource to provide guidance on information dashboard design. Not a step-by-step book, nor a recipe book. I found it very useful in initiating discussions on the subject with management. Would highly recommend!
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Author: Guest
A should read for all dashboard designers as well as software engineers, who are programming all those new flashy features into their dashboard tools.
Forget all the speedometers, pie charts, and 3-d charts and focus on conveying the message in a clear & concise format instead.
Focus on the message and not colorful, but distracting dashboards.
This book covers a lot of design fundamentals with a lot of examples. It does not cover how to select the KPIs to be displayed, but how to display KPIs, once they are chosen.
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Author: Guest
This book primarily deals with what the title says. Dashboards. I was not aware ofthe complexity and breadth of this type of interface, but since it is not a forte I usually provide to clients, the book was an interesting read.
Way back when I got into digital work, I first learnt as a programmer and put together simple applications. Even then, it was really the program that allowed the interface to be built and dictated what and how things were displayed. Today, one can customize an interface for dashboard software, be it tied through a network, RIA, or some other data stream. There are simple rules to follow and key learnings that this book can translate to other design realms.
Had a client choose your worst mock? Been there - done that. This books best advice is simple. Choose the best design that fits the needs of your clients and present that. The rest of the advice and as to why, you should find out for yourself.
Well worth the money. Suitable for all designers to get a different perspective on interfaces and a couch jumper for those who are managing reporting systems for clients (inhouse or not).
Appeal to software architects, interface designers and other designers such as web, RIA, DVD or interested parties. Not relevant to the print crowd too much.
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Author: Guest
I had high hopes when picking up this book. In the end I found little of use. Perhaps I was looking for more than an approach that was business oriented. Information displays for systems monitoring are a topic almost completely missed in the book.
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