Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data,   ISBN:9780596100162

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I'm a computer scientist and I think any programmer who ever might do any design can benefit from this.
It is not only well written but also contains enough information to be worth reading.

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I bought this book from this source, and it came in very good condition and no hiccups in the process.

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A client suggested I read this book to get a better understanding of the psychological impacts of metric dashboards. Typically these tools become filled with extraneous data and information which quickly becomes unwieldy and difficult to understand. To avoid these situations, the eight chapters of this book walk a reader through the basic elements of metric dashboard design using human perceptual factors as a key integrative concept. The associated diagrams and tables are mostly colorized to help demonstrate the many metric dashboards displayed in the book. A key goal of the book is to create metric dashboards which provide meaningful comparisons between measures to enable a reader to take meaningful action when underlying processes display aberrant patterns. I highly recommend this book a good reference for consultants and others responsible for designing metric dashboards.

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Few's ideas are not all original, but do come from good pedigree. He outlines some traits of human perception that prove very useful when thinking about how to impart critical information in a limited space and in such a way that users will quickly take notice of what is important. His design concepts and examples, both of good and bad design, are very helpful.

I found the book to be a pretty quick read and useful to both dashboard designers and end users who participate in the design process. Without reading the entire book, end users could be directed to some of the examples and a couple of chapters that express the most important concepts.

Unfortunately, many tools still don't easily support many of the techniques and controls he advocates. I'm looking forward to when more vendors take him up on his challenges to implement his designs.

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Starting the dashboard specification for a new module in our current software service was a bit daunting, but this book gave me EXACTLY what I needed. I'm not only confident that we'll be able to produce something that works and that helps our customers, but am extremely excited about the potential of this new module on future sales and retention.

I practically ran out of hi-lighter ink by the time I was finished. :)