Chapter 3

Do more charts really make a clearer dashboard?

Bảng số càng nhiều biểu đồ càng rõ, thật không?

The chapter's question

If I could keep only five charts, which would I keep?

Big idea

A dashboard is useful when it answers a question in thirty seconds.

In this chapter

  1. Part 3.1

    Clearing the Old Dashboard

    Which charts has nobody looked at in the past month?

  2. Part 3.2

    One Question per Chart

    What question does this chart answer?

  3. Part 3.3

    Comparison Baselines

    What is each number being compared with?

  4. Part 3.4

    One Shared Definition

    Have departments agreed on how to calculate the same metric?

The reading for this chapter is inside Conan School

This chapter has 4 readings, with case stories and exercises. Chapter 1 of The Monday Morning Number is free to read right here.

Read in Conan School

Chapters of The Monday Morning Number

  1. 1.Can one number really steer the whole team?
  2. 2.The numbers are right, so why is our conclusion wrong?
  3. 3.Do more charts really make a clearer dashboard?
  4. 4.Do we review numbers to decide, or to nod?
  5. 5.The metric went up, but did users gain anything?