The Dashboards Guidelines are used to streamline dashboards so that they are driving actions more effectively. It's often useful to align on which KPIs are used for which purpose in the company by going through a KPIs alignment process using the KPIs Hierarchy framework.
Each dashboard should meet the following criteria:
Easy to read
Quick to identify key insights required to make decisions and take action
Makes often required questions easily answered
A good dashboard is not:
Huge
Includes many KPIs and views
Answers ad hoc questions. Queries, ad hoc analyses and exploration models are for ad hoc purposes.