Designing Dashboards that Deliver
Amanda and her co-authors surveyed over 450 dashboard creators when writing Dashboards That Deliver and asked a big picture question: do you agree with the statement ‘most dashboards fail’? More than 70% of the respondents agreed, and that’s among people with a vested interest in seeing dashboards succeed.

The secret to designing a dashboard that has an impact? Start with understanding your users deeply, then design with them as partners.

During this talk, you’ll learn the Dashboards That Deliver design framework, which blends user-centered design, Agile, and data viz practices and the authors’ experiences designing thousands of dashboards across industries.

Then we’ll dive into a few practical examples, including Amanda’s stories about her own dashboards and examples from the book, to see how the framework applies in practice, and what lessons you can apply to the next dashboard you design whether you’re a team of one or an enterprise analytics team.

Agenda

• Welcome and Introductions

• Amanda Makulec shares her wisdom on how to design dashboards with impact

• Events

• Happy Hour at The Explorium Brewpub

Parking Information:

• 2 hour street parking on Plankinton Ave, south of St. Paul

• Metered parking on North side of St. Paul, slightly west of The Explorium Brewpub

• Surface Lots along North side of St. Paul, about a block west of The Explorium Brewpub

Getting to the meeting:

• Head down the alley labeled with 313 off of St. Paul.

• About 100 feet down the alley, you'll find a covered doorway on the left. This is where you will enter.

• Once inside, take the elevator to the second floor. Elevator is just before doors to Appertivo.

• Walk straight out of the elevator and down the hallway. and Ward4 will be in Suite 207.

• Veer to the right past the receptionist's desk, and the conference room will be located at the back.