Dashboard Reality

What Your Dashboard
Hides

Green doesn't mean good. Red doesn't mean action. And yellow means everyone's hoping you don't ask questions.

The Lie of Red-Yellow-Green

Green

"On Track"
Often means:"We're not asking hard questions yet. The threshold for 'off track' hasn't been breached—even if we're trending toward it."

Yellow

"At Risk"
Often means:"We've known about this for weeks. It's now big enough that we can't pretend it's not there. But we're not asking for help yet."

Red

"Off Track"
Often means:"It's been red for a while internally. We just finally admitted it. Your options are now limited."

What RAG Status Can't Show You

Velocity Trends

The project is "green" but the team is slowing down week over week. By the time it turns yellow, the root cause has been active for months.

Hidden Dependencies

Project A is green. Project B is green. But they share a dependency that neither team is tracking—and both are about to hit it.

Team Health

The status is green but two key engineers are interviewing elsewhere. When they leave, the project goes red overnight.

True Cost Trajectory

Budget is "green" because we're measuring spend, not burn rate. At current pace, we'll exceed budget—but not until next quarter.

The Deeper Problem

Threshold Gaming

People learn where the thresholds are. They optimize to stay just above the "yellow" line—even if that means the project is actually struggling.

Lagging Indicators

By the time a metric triggers a color change, the underlying issue has been active for weeks. You're seeing the symptom, not the cause.

Siloed Views

Each project has its own dashboard. Cross-project patterns and risks? You'd have to notice them yourself—and you don't have time.

Human Interpretation

Someone decided this is "yellow" and that is "green." Their judgment, their bias, their career considerations all factor in.

Go Beneath the Colors

SlideStrike analyzes raw project data directly—no thresholds, no gaming, no interpretation layers.

Trend Analysis
Anomaly Detection
Cross-Project Patterns

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