Are red, amber and green dots enough for our project dashboard?
TechnologyMy colleague printed the dashboard and asked which jobs were late. The red, amber and green dots had become three similar grey circles.
On my monitor, the board looked beautifully clean. Adding words such as “waiting for approval” and “ready” made the columns wider, which was why I had replaced them with colours. The colleague says she also finds the dots hard to distinguish on her phone.
Should I keep the colours and add labels, or abandon the dots? I wanted a quick overview. I have made the page tidier by asking the reader to supply information it no longer states.