Preparing cohort records before a dashboard kickoff
Most delays in education performance dashboard work come from incomplete source extracts, not from design debates. Two completed cohorts with consistent columns beat six cohorts with renamed fields.
Before a kickoff, export enrolment lists with start dates and withdrawal notes, daily or session attendance, and assessment scores tied to named modules. Keep original column headers; we can map them in the workshop. If trainer names sit in a separate roster, include that file for the same date range.
Label files by programme and cohort end date. Avoid “final_final_v3” naming. When personal identifiers must stay on-site, tell us in advance so we schedule Bangchak or on-site working days instead of remote file exchange.
Centres that arrive with this pack usually finish definition workshops in a single half-day instead of stretching them across three meetings.