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Dashboard Design Principles and Visualizations
23.1🔒The Four Design PrinciplesPrinciple 1: Simplicity. If the viewer needs more than 10 seconds to understand the dashboard's message, it is too complex. Remove anything…
23.2🔒Key Visualization TypesTrend Lines: Use for metrics that change over time (defect escape rate, automation coverage, flaky test rate). Always show the target line…
23.3🔒Tools for Quality Dashboards
23.4🔒Choosing the Right Tool
23.5🔒Q&ASelf-Assessment Quiz: Chapter 231. Name the four dashboard design principles. 2. What makes a dashboard element "actionable"? 3. When should you use a trend line vs. a…
23.6🔒Key Takeaways- Simplicity, actionability, context, and progressive disclosure are the four design principles - Every element must answer "what should I…
23.7🔒Hands-On ExercisesExercise 23.1 (Beginner): Identify 3 elements on your current dashboard (or reports) that are not actionable. Propose replacements.
23.8🔒Q&AResume phrasing- Applied the four dashboard design principles (simplicity, actionability, context, progressive disclosure) to redesign the team's quality…
23.9🔒Q&ACover letter framingI design dashboards following four principles: simplicity (understand the message in 10 seconds), actionability (every element answers…
23.10🔒Q&AInterview framing"I approach dashboard design by asking 'what decisions does this audience make, and what information do they need to make them?' I optimize…
23.11🔒Q&AWhat not to say- "More data on the dashboard is better" -- data dumps are ignored; curated, actionable elements are used. - "We show the same dashboard to…
23.12🔒Q&AQuestion 1Prompt: You have a dashboard with 40 elements. Stakeholders say it is "too much." How do you decide what to keep and what to remove? What a…
23.13🔒Q&AQuestion 2Prompt: When should you use a trend line vs. a heat map on a quality dashboard? What a strong answer should cover: - Trend line: for…
23.14🔒Q&AQuestion 3Prompt: What is progressive disclosure in dashboard design? Why is it important? What a strong answer should cover: - Progressive…