Think of designing the right scoreboard like finding the right ball for the game you are playing.
At the same time, just any ball won’t do. Playing golf with a tennis ball, beach ball or football would be equally frustrating or confusing.
For example, if you were playing golf without a ball at all. You would find it very difficult to improve your game.
You could pretend or imagine you were hitting a hole in one from every tee or you could imagine you were always shanking it into the rough. In either case you would have no clue as to how to improve your game.
Getting the right scoreboard is just as important as having the right ball. It is just not as obvious or easy to remember.
The components of this design process are contained in many different places on our website. The material is intended to support you in whatever area or stage of design you find yourself in right now.
The components are non-linear. In other words, there is nothing you have to learn in a particular order.
If you find a particular section helpful. Go there first and use whatever works for you. By the same token, if you find a particular section confusing or unnecessary, simply skip over it.
You may want to come back to it later or not at all.
What you are aiming for is an easy to use, actionable feedback system that allows you to recognize and refine effective strategies and behaviors.
Don't get too attached to any component. What is helpful this month might not work next month.
Of course it almost goes without saying but I’ll say it anyway: having the most perfect scoreboard is literally and figuratively
pointless unless you use it on a regular basis.
Given a choice between a perfect scoreboard you rarely or never use and a merely
decent one you are able to add to everyday – ALWAYS take the one you are more likely to use!
