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#70 Five Steps For a Fast Performance Dashboard

Many (most?) performance dashboard projects get stalled because people jump the gun and focus too much on the whiz-bangery of the dashboard application and don’t give anywhere near enough thought to the choice of measures and information worth dashboarding.

To get the dashboard project moving again, five simple steps are all you need:

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Podcast Episode #15 – Easy, Bare-Bones Performance Dashboards

IN THIS EPISODE:

Feature: 5 Steps For a Fast Performance Dashboard.
Q&A: Should dashboards be used only for KPIs that can be reported on daily or weekly?
Quick Tip: A review of KPI Dashboard.

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Podcast Episode #3 – Making Sure Your KPI Graphs Don’t Suck

IN THIS EPISODE:

Article: 3 Things You Need On Every KPI Graph.
Q&A: How to get Executives understanding different methods of reporting performance results.
Quick Tip: How to choose the right graph type for your KPI or performance information.

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#47 The 7 Performance Signals to Look For in Your KPIs

Your performance measures are there to give you advice about what is going on in your business so you can choose the most appropriate way to manage its performance. This means that you will choose different types of actions depending on what kind of advice your measure is giving you, or, what kind of signal it’s giving off.

There are seven important performance signals you’ll want to look for, and be prepared to respond to when you see them:

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#20 The Story In Your Performance Data

Your performance data is trying to tell you something. Something deeper and richer and more insightful than just whether or not you’re on track to hit your target. Can you hear it? Probably not, unless you’re already doing these six practices to hear your data’s story.

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#11 How Often Should You Track Your Measures?

Are you still measuring performance results annually?

And do you wonder why people aren’t really getting much value from measuring performance?

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