RETHINKING DATA VISUALIZATION: A UX APPROACH TO DASHBOARDS THAT ACTUALLY DRIVES DECISIONS

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

Roughly 80% of what determines whether a dashboard succeeds happens before any chart is drawn, in defining context, audience and the intended insight. Dashboards fail not because the data is thin but because nobody designed them to answer a specific operational question. A B2B talent-management project shows how radar charts, product-coded color, and a comparison view turned passive reporting into weekly planning.