This chapter by Veronica Smith aims to provide a sound framework and guidelines for evaluators, researchers, and program staff to design, develop, maintain, and use a data dashboard as an effective communication tool for monitoring progress and performance against specific objectives.
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Authors and their affiliation
Veronica S. Smith, data2insight LLC
Year of publication
2013
Type of resource
Website
Key features
A detailed description of data dashboards, including when to use dashboards, process for creating dashboard and limitations of dashboards.
Who is this resource useful for?
- Evaluators
- Those involved in evaluation capacity strengthening
- Other - anyone involved in building or maintaining a data dashboard
How have you used or intend on using this resource?
I find this article very helpful as it provided a much more detailed summary of dashboards than many other sources, including the history of dashboard development and lots of examples. The sections on dashboard design (p31-36) and dashboard limitations (p40-44) are particularly useful in deciding if and how to use dashboards.
Why would you recommend it to other people?
A comprehensive overview of dashboards that is both practical and easy to read, equally suitable for both curious dashboard novices and more experienced developers.
Sources
Smith, V. S. (2013), Data Dashboard as Evaluation and Research Communication Tool. New Directions for Evaluation, 2013: 21–45. doi:10.1002/ev.20072
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