The Big Book of Dashboards: Visualizing Your Data Using Real-World Business Scenarios

By Andy Cotgreave, Steve Wexler, Jeffrey Shaffer

Book Overview

The definitive reference book with real-world solutions you won't find anywhere else The Big Book of Dashboards presents a comprehensive reference for those tasked with building or overseeing the development of business dashboards. Comprising dozens of examples that address different industries and departments (healthcare, transportation, finance, human resources, marketing, customer service, sports, etc.) and different platforms (print, desktop, tablet, smartphone, and conference room display) The Big Book of Dashboards is the only book that matches great dashboards with real-world business scenarios. By organizing the book based on these scenarios and offering practical and effective visualization examples, The Big Book of Dashboards will be the trusted resource that you open when you need to build an effective business dashboard. In addition to the scenarios there's an entire section of the book that is devoted to addressing many practical and psychological factors you will encounter in your work. It's great to have theory and evidenced-based research at your disposal, but what will you do when somebody asks you to make your dashboard 'cooler' by adding packed bubbles and donut charts? The expert authors have a combined 30-plus years of hands-on experience helping people in hundreds of organizations build effective visualizations. They have fought many 'best practices' battles and having endured bring an uncommon empathy to help you, the reader of this book, survive and thrive in the data visualization world. A well-designed dashboard can point out risks, opportunities, and more; but common challenges and misconceptions can make your dashboard useless at best, and misleading at worst. The Big Book of Dashboards gives you the tools, guidance, and models you need to produce great dashboards that inform, enlighten, and engage.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119282713
• ISBN13: 9781119282716
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Amazingly well done with many real world examples, theories, and advice. Highly Recommend

A solid read with many real-world examples, theories, and practical advice. Well written, easy to understand, and (do I dare say it?) fun. The book was split into three parts. The first part was on theory and foundational knowledge. This an excellent review to understand why we visualize things the way we do in data. The second part was practical real-world examples with good (and bad) alternatives. The authors also explained their reasoning and opinions that sometimes differed. The final part was how to succeed in the real world. This covered a range of topics like ways of visualizing time, what to do when your boss is insistent on pie charts, and exploring the unknown. Honestly, it wrapped up the entire book quite well. The Big Book of Dashboards has actually helped me design many real-world projects. It's also helped me design alternative ways of viewing things that have added value to my work. The theories, examples, and concepts allowed me to pick and choose what worked for my needs. Even though this book focused on Tableau, it still shows what good data visualization can do. This book still helped my foundational understanding of what I wanted to show at the end of the day. My congratulations to Steve Wexler, Jeffrey Shaffer, and Andy Cotgreave for this book. 5/5. Favorited & useful. PS: I did watch the "More Cowbell" video on YouTube one of the authors recommended -- HILARIOUS!