The purpose of the dashboard
The dashboard is meant to give you a high-level overview of key analytics for your loaded data.
There are currently five dashboard widgets
- Cycle Time
- WIP
- Stability
- Monte Carlo: How Many
- Monte Carlo: Remaining
There are two controls for this chart:
- Item Filter
- Workflow Stages
As you update those filters, you see the dashboard widgets update in real-time.
Dashboard Widgets
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
Be aware that you can control what this chart reflects by using the filter controls for this chart.
- 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.
Why 85%?
This percentile seems to be most commonly used for many businesses when assessing the risk of forecasting. The percentile used cannot be changed at this time.
This widget tells you how long many items are in your workflow (aka in progress) right now. This should be reflective of the number items that are shown on the Aging Work In Progress chart when using the same filters.
Be aware that you can control what this chart reflects by using the filter controls for this chart.
- 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.
This widget tells you information about your arrival rate, throughput, and WIP age. You see this information for today, last week and last month. This should be reflective of the information in the stability dialog box in the Cumulative Flow Diagram chart when using the same filters
Arrival Rate is how often work enters into the first checked step of your workflow as configured in the Workflow Stages control for this chart.
Throughput is how often work exits the last checked stage of your workflow as configured in the Workflow Stages control for this chart.
WIP Age is the age of your work-in-progress or 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.
Be aware that you can control what this chart reflects by using the filter controls for this chart.
- 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.
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.
This widget tells you how many items can be finished in 30 days with an 85% degree of certainty. The image to the left 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.
Be aware that you can control what this chart reflects by using the filter controls for this chart.
- 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 what portion of the process you are analyzing.
This widget tells you how long it will take to finish a set amount of items with an 85% degree of certainty. The image to the left is saying that there's an 85% chance that the 45 remaining 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.
Be aware that you can control what this chart reflects by using the filter controls for this chart.
- 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 what portion of the process you are analyzing.