Dashboard cadence

A dashboard is only worth building if you review it. This lesson gives you a simple rhythm that turns numbers into decisions.

Why cadence matters

Metrics without a review are wallpaper. A cadence forces the question every bet needs: is it working, and what do we do next?

The weekly review (15 minutes)

Open the dashboard for your canvas and, for each key metric:

1. Read the trend — up, down, flat vs last period.
2. Check the impact badges — which strategy bets are linked to this metric, and what's their status?
3. Check the guardrails — did anything we're protecting get worse?
4. Write an evidence note — one line on what you saw and why.

The monthly review (deeper)

Once a month, judge the bets whose measurement window has closed:

• Did the target metric move as the impact contract expected?
• Mark each contract won, lost, or inconclusive.
• Decide: double down, stop, or run the next experiment.

Guardrails keep wins honest

A bet that hits its target but trips a guardrail is not a win. Reviewing target and guardrail together stops "local wins, global losses" — growth that quietly raises churn, say.

Evidence notes build memory

Attach short evidence as you go — an experiment result, an analysis, a customer interview. Three months later the map explains why it looks the way it does, not just what the numbers are.

What you've learned

A weekly read + a monthly judgement, always pairing metrics with their bets and guardrails, and leaving a trail of evidence.

Next step

Make sure each team is reviewing the right view: Team visibility.