Considerations When Visualizing Information for a Non-interactive Dashboard : A study about what aspects to keep in mind when designing a non-interactive dashboard

Sammanfattning: In this project a dashboard was created on behalf of the company Combitech who wanted to visualize a part of a workgroup’s information flow in hope of improving their communication. The only restriction was that it could not be interactive. The focus and goal with this study was to explore what factors one should keep in mind when designing a non-interactive dashboard. The two main theories used to guide this work were: information visualization and accessibility (focus on color vision deficiency). Designing digital products with accessibility needs in mind is not standard practice, but needs to be as society is becoming more filled with them. The process of creating the dashboard started with a literature review to read relevant works to gain insight. Interviews and user evaluations were conducted to gather insight from the users. An accessibility evaluation was performed to check for potential accessibility problems with the design. The result of the study suggests that information visualization and accessibility can be used together to produce a non-interactive dashboard that is viewed as both useful and appealing. The aspects used to achieve this were: understanding and involving the users to be able to prioritize information, being aware of how human perception works and how to apply color in an accessible way.