Dashboards have become a standard business tool over the last decade. Dozens of
dashboard building solutions have sprung up to meet the demand. Yet in the flurry of
technology and enthusiasm, little attention has been paid to how to design focused,
thoughtful, and user-friendly dashboards. Our three-part guide will show you the concepts
and give you the best practices to create a high-impact dashboard that people love to use.
Traditional dashboard design focuses almost exclusively on defining the right success
metrics, then piecing together a bunch of charts and gauges on a single page. These
techniques yield dashboards with a hodgepodge appearance and confusing information.