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Exploring the Dashboard

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The purpose of the dashboard

The dashboard is meant to give you a high-level overview of key analytics for your loaded data.

As you use the controls, you will see the data update in real-time.

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Dashboard Widgets

Cycle Time

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This widget tells you how long it takes for you to deliver your work (in days) for the 4 different percentiles of cases. This should be reflective of all the cycle time percentile lines on the Cycle Time Scatterplot chart when using the same filters.

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  • The chart will include all of your data that's been loaded in unless you use the item filter control.

  • This cycle time reflects how long it took for work from entering the first checked workflow stage to exiting the last checked workflow stage in your Workflow Stages control to the right.

WIP

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This widget tells you how many items are in your workflow (aka in progress) right now.  This should be reflective of the number of items that are shown on the Aging Work In Progress chart when using the same filters.

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  • By using the item filter control you can filter down to a specific set of items

  • By using the workflow stages control, you can choose to show the number of items in a subset of workflow stages.

Pace

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All numbers in this widget are calculated averages (mean). Read about each to understand how they are calculated.

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Started and Completed can be toggled on and off.

Arrival Rate

Definition: the rate at which you start work. In ActionableAgile we check to see the rate at which work enters into the first checked step of your workflow as configured in the Workflow Stages control for this chart. 

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We find the started dates for all items finished before the End Date and divide it by the total number of days between the Starting Date and End Date

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Throughput

Definition: the rate at which you finish work. In ActionableAgile we check to see the rate at which work enters the last checked stage of your workflow as configured in the Workflow Stages control for this chart. 

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We find the finish dates for all items finished before the End Date and divide it by the total number of days between the Starting Date and End Date.

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WIP Age

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Definition: the age of your work-in-progress. In ActionableAgile we check to see how many days it has been since the work items entered the first checked step of your workflow as configured in the Workflow Stages control for this chart.

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This widget should show information similar to that in the Summary Statistics dialog box in the Cumulative Flow Diagram chart when using the same filters

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Pro Tip

Ideally, the arrival rate and throughput are similar. If your arrival rate is higher than your throughput, you are starting more than you finish. In that situation, you'd expect your WIP age to start increasing. This widget can give you a quick health check on your process.

Monte Carlo: How Many

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This widget tells you how many items can be finished in 30 days with different degrees of certainty.  The image above is saying that there's an 85% chance that 66 items or more will be completed in 30 days. This should be reflective of what you'd see in the Monte Carlo: How Many chart when using the same filters.

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  • By using the item filter control you can filter down to a specific set of items

  • By using the workflow stages control, you can redefine what completed means by unchecking workflow stages from the bottom of the list. Removing workflow stages from the top of the list does not affect the calculations. 

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Dashboard Controls

Item Filter

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You can filter down the dots shown on this chart by choosing one or more available filters. 

If you want to clear your filters so that all data is portrayed again, click the Reset button.

Workflow Stages

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Use this control to refine the portion of the process that is used for the dashboard. Each widget may use this information differently depending on how the chart is based on works.

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If you have any questions about this process, please submit them to our help desk.

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