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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 fastest 85% of cases. This should be reflective of the cycle time for the 85% percentile line on the Cycle Time Scatterplot chart when using the same filters.
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Why 85%? |
WIP
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This widget tells you how long 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.
Stability
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This widget tells you the All numbers in this widget are calculated averages about your:
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(mean). Read about each to understand how they are calculated.
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.
Calculation basics:
We look at all the current WIP and grab the earliest start date for these items. This date will be used for the Starting Date in our calculation.
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The column in the table shows our End Date for our calculation: Today, 7 days ago, or 30 days ago. The tool transforms that into a date.
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
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.
Calculation basics:
We look at all the current WIP
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and grab the end date for these items. This date will be used for the End Date in our calculation.
The column in the table shows our End Date for our calculation: Today, 7 days ago, or 30 days ago. The tool transforms that into a date.
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.
WIP Age
Definition: the age of your work-in-progress
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. 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.
Calculation basics:
All calculations for WIP age in this widget are from single dates in your data set as follows:
The average age of the items in progress Today is 10.03
The average age of the items in progress 7 days ago is 9.47
The average age of the items in progress 30 days ago is 4.37
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Work-in-progress is defined as work that has entered the first checked step of your workflow but has not entered the last checked step. |
You see the calculated averages for those data points for the following time horizons:
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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 TipIdeally, 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 an 85% degree of certainty. The image to the left 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.
Monte Carlo: Remaining
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This widget tells you how long it will take to finish your unfinished items with an 85% degree of certainty. The image to the left above is saying that there's an 85% chance that the 45 remaining unfinished items will be completed in 22 days or less. This should be reflective of what you'd see in the Monte Carlo: When chart when using the same filters and a configuration of 45 items.
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By using the item filter control you can filter down to a specific set of items (ie. not just all unfinished 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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