How To Build A Better
Dashboard In 5 Days
(For Non-Technical Stakeholders)
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Are you ready to avoid wasting time developing a dashboard no one uses?
Written by Ken Flynn, a data scientist and engineer working with tech startups since 2015. And now, I want to share everything I know with you.
Do you even need a dashboard?
A “crash course” on UI/UX design.
The 5 biggest mistakes engineers make (and how to easily avoid them).
Accessibility hacks to eliminate barriers to entry and increase engagement and adoption.
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Here's everything that's inside:
Mistake 1: Treating a dashboard request as a nuisance rather than a golden opportunity —Failing to spend time nurturing your most important asset: your network.Mistake 2: Misidentifying the purpose of a dashboard —Wasting time delivering a product no one wants or ultimately won’t use.Mistake 3: Neglecting simple UI/UX design principles that distract from the data story —Creating confused and frustrated users that can’t simply find the answer to their questions.Mistake 4: Underestimating the importance of accessibility —Generating unnecessary barriers to data instead of plugging into your users’ existing workflows.Mistake 5: Not accounting for maintenance and support —Leading to concerns about accuracy and reliability, and users returning to their own reports and spreadsheets.
Hooray! The first lesson of The Busy Engineer’s Blueprint For High-Impact Dashboards is on its way to your inbox.
Within the next minute or two, you're going to get an email from me, Ken.This email contains instructions to get started with our Busy Engineer’s Blueprint For High-Impact Dashboards, so be sure to check it out!But if you have any questions, don't hesitate to hit reply and let me know—I'll be happy to help! :-)Now go and check your inbox!
P.S. If you don't find the email in your inbox in the next couple of minutes, please check your spam folder...Chances are it ended up there.(Since I'm relatively new to sending emails to my list, sometimes the "email algorithms" think I'm a robot! 🤷🏻)