How Will the Dashboard Be Used?

It is easier to separate this question from the previous one in the pages of a book than it is in reality. One can hardly consider the question of why a dashboard is needed without also considering how that dashboard will be used. The question of how a dashboard is intended to be used can be approached in two ways. With this question, you are considering both the physical use and the cognitive use of the dashboard.

The physical use of the dashboard is all about what you intend to do with the dashboard. How do you want to interact with the screen? The cognitive use of the dashboard is all about what you want to learn from the information on the screen. What decisions do you want to make using the dashboard, and ...

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