Improvement Tools

Charts to measure and evidence improvement

Turn your data into visually engaging, interactive charts that make an impact

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All your charts in one place

Pick from a wide range of charts and have your data visualised in a few seconds. From bar and pie charts to statistical analysis - Simana has it all.

Automated data aggregation

Bring together your data from multiple sources and watch it aggregate automatically. Giving you a clear picture of the detail and overall impact of your improvements.

Statistical analysis made easy

Simana analyses the variation in your data and alerts you to statistically significant changes. Allowing you to easily monitor where your changes are causing significant variations to the process you are monitoring. Giving you statistical proof you are improving!

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Outlier
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Shift
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Trend
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High Variation
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Low Variation

Annotate key events

Bring your data to life. By visualising your PDSA cycles on your charts and adding notes you can annotate key events, allowing colleagues to understand and interpret your work with ease.

Customise Charts

Customise the look of your charts by picking colours, creating labels, setting axis limits and toggling on/off lines. Even add goal lines to visualise the target improvement.

Ghosting

Need to exclude some data points from your charts? Leave your data visible on the chart, but exclude the selected data from the calculation of the median, mean, and any control limits. It’s all done with the click of a button.

Use Charts to:

  • Visually track metrics over time with interactive charts and graphs
  • Gain insights into trends and patterns at a glance
  • Control ongoing projects, find and correct problems as they occur
  • Predict the expected outcomes of your improvement
  • Monitor the project to see if it is under control
  • Analyse the cause of any variation in the data

Charts available in Simana

Simple charts

Used when a simple approach to visualising data is preferred and datasets can be displayed on line charts, bar charts or pie charts.

Pareto chart

Often used in the early stages of a project to help identify the inputs and changes that will have the greatest impact.

Run Chart

Used with almost any process and with any type of data: measurements, counts, percentages, ratios, etc.

I-Chart

Used for variable (continuous) data (e.g. time, money, height, temperature) or to record measures for each observed unit.

C-Chart

Used to display counts of things we are trying to avoid happening, where a fixed sample size exists.

U-Chart

Used to display counts for an inconsistent sample size or 'area of opportunity'.

P-Chart

Displays proportions or percentages for an equal or unequal sample size.

T-Chart

Used when the error or undesired incident occurs infrequently in a particular setting.

G-Chart

Geometric chart is used when the error or undesired incident occurs infrequently in a particular setting.

X-Bar/S Chart

Used to chart data that is measured and comprised of multiple sub-groups and you have breakdowns of this data.

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