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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