In shortOne question per chart / Prefer rates over totals / Use color on purpose / Review quarterly.
1. One question per chart
If you cannot phrase a chart as a question, delete it. "How many eggs today?" is a question. "Egg stuff" is not.
2. Prefer rates over totals
Totals only go up. Rates show whether something changed.
3. Use color on purpose
Red means urgent. If everything is red, nothing is. Reserve yellow for the golden egg.
4. Review quarterly
Remove charts nobody looked at. A dashboard is a garden. It needs weeding.
Written by Maurice Wingate, Chief Security Rooster. Disagree? Tell us. We read every message, usually before the second coffee.