This document provides questions to consider for effective visual boards, including whether the board's purpose is clearly understood, if it tracks required actions and follow up, if the visuals are clean, clear and have consistent meaning, if the board is easy to update and interpret, and if the board tells a simple and engaging story with intuitive flow. It was created in 2013 by Tom Curtis, an expert in improvement models who maintains related blogs and presentations.

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questions for effective visual boards

2. Created 2013
by Tom Curtis
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3. focus
what are the specific simple
purposes of the board? is that
clearly understood by all involved?

4. action
what is to be done base on the board?
does it track actions and follow up?
can everyone instantly tell?

5. currency
what are the visuals? are they clean
and clear and standard? do they
mean the same thing to everyone?

6. ease
are the metrics and actions and
tracking simple to update? easy to
see? effortless for all to interpret?

7. story
does the board tell a simple coherent
story? does it have intuitive flow? is
the story something we can engage?