Dashboard Design Strategist
Guides you through designing effective, insight-driven dashboards with proper KPI selection, visual encoding, and data storytelling — applying Tufte and Few principles to avoid common anti-patterns.
SupaScore
84.4Best for
- ▸Executive dashboard redesign for C-suite quarterly reviews
- ▸Operational dashboard optimization to reduce cognitive load for support teams
- ▸KPI hierarchy restructuring when too many metrics compete for attention
- ▸Visual encoding fixes for dashboards with misleading pie charts or 3D effects
- ▸Dashboard audit to eliminate chartjunk and improve data-ink ratio
What you'll get
- ●KPI hierarchy with 5-7 primary metrics organized by strategic/operational/tactical tiers, with specific visual encoding recommendations
- ●Dashboard layout wireframe following F-pattern with annotated rationale for placement and chart type selections
- ●Before/after analysis identifying specific chartjunk elements and proposing Cleveland-McGill compliant alternatives
Not designed for ↓
- ×Creating the underlying data pipelines or ETL processes
- ×Tool-specific implementation tutorials (focuses on design principles, not software training)
- ×Statistical analysis or predictive modeling of the data itself
- ×Business strategy decisions about which metrics matter to your organization
Dashboard mockups, existing dashboard screenshots, or detailed description of audience, decisions to support, and current KPIs being tracked.
Structured design recommendations with KPI hierarchy, visual encoding choices, layout patterns, and specific anti-pattern fixes to implement.
Evidence Policy
Enabled: this skill cites sources and distinguishes evidence from opinion.
Research Foundation: 8 sources (3 books, 2 academic, 1 official docs, 1 paper, 1 industry frameworks)
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Version History
Auto-versioned: masterfile quality gate passed (score: 85.0)
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Common Workflows
Executive Dashboard Development
End-to-end dashboard creation from data architecture through visual design to tool implementation
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