Dashboard Design Principles

Dashboard Design Principles

For many organizations, achieving effective dashboard design is a recurring problem. However, it’s a problem that can be easily remedied by following a few core principles. This blog will walk you through the golden rules.

Here’s a preview:

• Decide what you want your dashboard to do
• Only include what matters
• Use size and position to make priorities clear
• Give your numbers a frame of reference
• A group-connected metrics
• Keep it uniform
• Label things clearly for your team
• Effective information presentation
• Visual consistency
• Efficient interactions
• Minimize the cognitive load
• Keep developing your dashboard

The main purpose of a dashboard is to communicate business data in a visual form that highlights to the reader what is important, arranges it for clarity and leads them through a sequence that tells the story best so they can make better data-led decisions. Design and an understanding of how humans make decisions exist to assist this purpose.