Last week, we were given an Excel task with about 20 business questions to answer.
And this wasn't one of those âuse this formula to get this answerâ kind of tasks.
We had to actually think through the questions and use everything we've learned so far in Excel to solve them.
Today, we went through the task with our tutor, and by the end, we had turned all that analysis into a dashboard.
And guys⊠I really like how mine turned out. đđ„č
But beyond the fact that I think it looks good, one thing I kept thinking about while building it was my UI/UX background.
Because in UI/UX, I've always understood that a beautiful interface means very little if it is not usable.
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I realised it's pretty much the same thing with dashboards.
Yes, I want my dashboard to look good.
But can someone look at it and immediately understand what is happening?
Is it readable?
Does the layout make sense?
Are the visuals actually helping?
Does it answer the business questions?
Does it tell a story?
That was what I had in mind while building mine.
So I wasn't just trying to make a pretty dashboard. I wanted to create something beautiful, useful, and easy to understand.
And honestly, seeing everything I've learned over the past three weeks come together in one project was such a good feeling.
Still learning. Still figuring things out. Still making mistakes.
But I'm definitely getting better đ„°
See you on Day 2đ€
