Category: Design Patterns

Design Process and Guidelines

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Guidelines

High-level Guidelines

Guidelines are numberd for convenience but are not ordered by any particular priority.

  1. Don’t overwhelm viewers
  2. Avoid visual clutter
  3. Avoid poor visual design
  4. Carefully chose KPIs
  5. Align with existing workflows
  6. Don’t add too much data
  7. Provide for consistency
  8. Provide for interaction affordances
  9. Manage complexity
  10. Organize charts symmetrically
  11. Group charts by attribute
  12. Order charts by time
  13. Balance data
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Dashboard Design Pattern

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Design Patterns For Effective Dashboards. Practical guidelines for designing better dashboards and UX patterns to keep in mind ↓

🚫 Don’t destroy user value by oversimplification.
✅ Oftentimes life is complex and tools must match life.
✅ Dashboard value is measured by useful actions it prompts.
✅ Aim to create understanding, rather than showing raw data.
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