What is a Dashboard? Defining dashboards, visual analysis tools and other data presentation media

The Dashboard Insight website contains a number of useful articles, examples and guides on the subject of Organizational Dashboards.

This resource and the following information was contributed by Judy Gold and Jenny Riley.

Authors and their affiliation

Alexander 'Sandy' Chiang, Research Director, Dashboard Insight

Year of publication

2011

Type of resource

Website

Key features

A good introductory website, providing concise descriptions of dashboards, visual analysis tools, scorecards and reports.

Who is this resource useful for?

  • Advocates for evaluation
  • Commissioners/managers of evaluation
  • Evaluation users
  • Evaluators
  • Those involved in evaluation capacity strengthening

How have you used or intend on using this resource?

I found this resource helpful in providing clear definitions and key characteristics of dashboards and other data display tools, something that can be oddly hard to find! I have incorporated much of this content in training I provide to for-purpose organisations in monitoring and evaluation. 

Why would you recommend it to other people?

It's a concise and clear introductory explanation of data dashboards and other ways of displaying data. 

Sources

Chiang, A. S. (2011). What is a Dashboard? Defining dashboards, visual analysis tools and other data presentation media. [Website]. Retrieved from: https://web.archive.org/web/20181205074121/http://www.dashboardinsight.com/articles/digital-dashboards/fundamentals/what-is-a-dashboard.aspx (archived link)

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