The Big Book of Dashboards: Visualizing Your Data Using Real-World Business Scenarios

In The Dashboard Book, the authors will lay out a variety of examples of successful dashboards so that the reader can find a scenario that closely matches what he or she is tasked with visualizing. Anyone charged with building or overseeing the development of business dashboards, from entry level data analysts and line managers to CTOs, CMOs, and CEOs, will learn how to better visualize their data by consulting the various examples in this book. Topics covered include: Pre-attentive attributes and how this relates to chart and dashboard design Thorough discussion and illustration of when and how to use specific charts Numerous examples of good dashboards with discussion of what works and what does not The benefits and challenges of interactivity in data visualizations which will be shown through various screen shots Discussion of when clients or business superiors demand bad design elements and how to address this challenge to minimize negative impact In addition to the variety of real-world examples, The Dashboard Book will also feature advice from other experts in the Data Viz field like Cole Nussbaumer (Storytellingwithdata.com) and Kelly Martin (VizCandy.ca).