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Information Dashboard Design: Displaying Data for At-a-Glance Monitoring Hardcover – August 15, 2013

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A leader in the field of data visualization, Stephen Few exposes the common problems in dashboard design and describes its best practices in great detail and with a multitude of examples in this updated second edition. According to the author, dashboards have become a popular means to present critical information at a glance, yet few do so effectively. He purports that when designed well, dashboards engage the power of visual perception to communicate a dense collection of information efficiently and with exceptional clarity and that visual design skills that address the unique challenges of dashboards are not intuitive but rather learned. The book not only teaches how to design dashboards but also gives a deep understanding of the concepts—rooted in brain science—that explain the why behind the how. This revised edition offers six new chapters with sections that focus on fundamental considerations while assessing requirements, in-depth instruction in the design of bullet graphs and sparklines, and critical steps to follow during the design process. Examples of graphics and dashboards have been updated throughout, including additional samples of well-designed dashboards.

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260 pages
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English
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Analytics Press
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August 15, 2013
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8.5 x 1.1 x 11 inches
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1938377001
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978-1938377006
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"Stephen Few is the master of creating simplicity and meaning through the clear visualization of data." —Garr Reynolds, author, The Naked Presenter and Presentation Zen

"Design does not happen by accident. It is the product of careful and deliberate planning. Stephen Few demonstrates this through examples and best practices that are easy to understand and will improve how we display and communicate information. Businesses that value design will leap ahead because they will be able to quickly assimilate information, efficiently focus time and efforts, and create alignment, agility, and effectiveness. This book provides a running head start!" —Eleanor Taylor, strategist, SAS Institute

"Written by one of the foremost expert in the field of data visualization, this is one of those rare books that seem to make the publication of other works on the same topic unnecessary. This is a very complete book and was obviously developed with great care. I highly recommend Stephen Few's Information Dashboard Design to any information designers who are focusing on the visual display of data and, more particularly, to dashboard designers." —Pabini Gabriel-Petit, CEO and Principal User Experience Architect, Spirit Softworks

"How nice to find a book in which the best practices for dashboard design are all thoughtfully packaged. You are advised to make these mandatory reading for your designers." —Claudia Imhoff, president, Intelligent Solutions, Inc.

About the Author

Stephen Few is the founder of the consultancy Perceptual Edge. He speaks, teaches, and consults around the world and writes the quarterly Visual Business Intelligence Newsletter. In addition to this book, he is also the author of Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten, Now You See It: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis, and Signal: Understanding What Matters in a World of Noise.

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Publisher : Analytics Press; Second Edition (August 15, 2013)
Language : English
Hardcover : 260 pages
ISBN-10 : 1938377001
ISBN-13 : 978-1938377006
Item Weight : 2.34 pounds
Dimensions : 8.5 x 1.1 x 11 inches

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Ryan Mease

Effective Manual - Dreadfully Specific

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2019

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Part of my professional role involves designing data visualizations within executive dashboards, so I was eager to learn more about effective design from this book. The book absolutely accomplishes its core goal and provides a large body of useful design guidelines for anyone that is putting together a dashboard.

Reading the book, I couldn't help but feel that the scope of this topic might be too small or at least ineffective for a book format. A series of Medium articles with live links to living dashboards would have served the same purpose, and would have been easier for developers to share and discuss. This book is a fragile project because of how rapidly dashboard design and potential dashboard content is changing year-over-year.

Overall, this is a solid read.

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Rob Kerr

If you haven't read Few's other books, get it. Don't take the cover art too seriously, though.

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2014

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Another good visualization book by Stephen Few, probably the most read thought-leader in dashboard visualization.

I've read other books by Mr. Few, and his ideas are must-know ideas. You should buy this book NOW and read it cover-to-cover if you've not read his other similar works (or are not schooled in the similar ideas of Mr. Tufte). However, if you've read his prior work in this area, you probably have internalized the majority of this book as well and won't find significant new concepts in this edition.

One note: based on the cover (an iPhone with a dashboard) I was excited to order this book on pre-order. I assumed the implication was that a significant portion of the book might be covering new form factors. In reality most of the book covers traditional full-sized PC dashboard design principles as prior books do. There are a few pages that discuss mobile device design, but mostly covering Mr. Few's opinions on dark vs. light backgrounds, but not much consideration specifically about mobile form factor design as I was hoping.

Ovreall, great book, and if your work involves BI data visualization it's an important reference for your bookshelf. But if you already have several books by Few and/or Tufte you could skip this one.

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Irene Summer

One of the best books I've ever read period

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2018

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One of the best books I've ever read period. Currently working as an analyst and needing to up my dashboard/design game when producing reports. This book is very informative and just plain well-written. Interesting facts and great examples. Not boring or dry whatsoever. Love it!

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Dave

A must read for anyone who works with dashboards / data visualization

Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2015

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If you spend any part of your work day looking at dashboards that don't seem quite right this book is a must read. This book is incredibly helpful for both dashboard creators and consumers. It has a permanent place on my bookshelf.

As a mandatory textbook for a data course I was skeptical that a book on design was necessary. Boy was I wrong. After quickly reading it cover-to-cover I can definitively state this is a must have reference for anyone who utilizes dashboards. As someone who consumes dashboards regularly at work, the examples provided have served me well as I look to improve their usability.

The book construction is as well designed and thought out as the content. The images & text are crisp, the pages are soft and smooth. While the book wouldn't make sense on an e-ink kindle, it would be great to have a digital version available if only to have a searchable version when referencing after the first read.

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Caleb T Valle

Helped me succeed in a job interview and get hired

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2020

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This book has very practical tips on setting up your dashboard for success, like meeting with stakeholders to design requirements, and using the right chart for the right job. I found this book invaluable when I was applying for a new role, and it gave me tons to material to use in interviewing and starting new work.

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Maister

Good design principles with examples

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2016

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Good clear examples and explanations for the most part. A bit redundant on how much it continues to beat you over the head with some ideas. I wish it could show more real life examples of bad and how they could be better to convey the same information, but a lot of it is subjective too in determining which data is useful.

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Ben Kreischer

Well worth the $!

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2015

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One of the best books on next-level design concepts. Easily the most detail-oriented book I have read on the subject. I emailed the author, and had a reply within the hour, even though he lives overseas. Includes details/thoughts/ideas that I hadn't ever contemplated.

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JOSE FERREIRA PINTO

Quick and straight to the point on mobile visuals

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2017

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Fantastic reference for data visualization. Some good examples on "how to" and on" not to"!

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mjk

... so far out of date as to be totally useless. The cover picture is _the only_ thing about ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 18, 2018

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I'm not really one for writing reviews but this book is so far out of date as to be totally useless. The cover picture is _the only_ thing about it from this decade - the rest might have made an interesting read 15+ years ago but is of no relevance today. Don't waste your money.

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Barkersoldbean

Become an expert dashboard designer

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 17, 2014

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This is a great practical book to help create simple, easy to understand dashboards for data presentation. A lot is common sense but only after you have seen it 1st. I now look at all those car dashboard type displays and sigh - knowing that the authors could have made them so much clearer if only they had bought this book.

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A. Hunsley

Great book, but why such a low image resolution ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 30, 2016

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Great book, but why such a low image resolution for illustrations? The first edition had very fine quality printing, which is necessary for a book like this.

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MR P D SIMPSON

I love this book - bullet graphs are excellent graphical information ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 7, 2015

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I love this book - bullet graphs are excellent graphical information carriers, given the space they take up. Looking forward to using the infoin this book to refine our dashboards. Also advocated by Stacey Barr, another one of my favourite performance measurement experts.

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Leon Kowalski

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 24, 2017

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Great read

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