Dashboard Design UX Patterns

Whether it’s for analytical, operational or strategic purposes, being able to interpret the right information at a glance is pivotal for teams and departments of all sizes. When designing a data dashboard for your own enterprise product, your team needs to be very intentional about what data points get showcased. Make no mistake, data dashboard UX is tricky, but hopefully … Read the rest

Adopting a UX Approach

Adopting a Consistent, Clear, and Comprehensive Approach to UX that Aligns to Software Development

UX DESIGNERS HAVE A PROBLEM

Unlike with software development, where engineering approaches are generally well-defined and understood after 30+ years of the Internet at scale, UX design is still looked upon as a mysterious black box, or (worse) a brief step involving “prettying” up UI code … Read the rest

Design Process and Guidelines

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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