User:Tboa/sandbox


 * Sandbox
 * Sandbox 2
 * Sandbox 3
 * Sandbox 4

Notetag
Sentence to about something. ===Notes===

Key

 * The candidate was on the winning team for this task / they passed the Interviews stage.
 * The candidate was on the losing team for this task.
 * The candidate was brought to the final boardroom for this task.
 * The candidate was fired in this task.
 * The candidate quit in this task.
 * Bold – The candidate was the project manager
 * Bold – Project manager

Before the new series begins, I have developed a new style of performance chart I would like to see implemented this page and all previous series' pages. I experimented with a few different designs and this was by far the best one I came up with. This is how last years' would look:

As you can see, this format is incredibly simple by comparison to the current one, yet conveys exactly the same information. The first change is for the candidate heading to span two rows, rather than the task heading sitting incorrectly above it. However, that change should be made even if the existing tables are kept.

What makes this so much better than the current table is the simplicity. There are only five different letters, and it's one colour per letter, unlike the existing table layout which has different colours for "IN" and "FIRED" – the first bullet point of MOS:COLOUR says "Ensure that color is not the only method used to convey important information".

The table conveys exactly the same information as before with absolutely no confusion, using 5 letters and 5 colours, down from 8 words/abbreviations and 10 colours. The use of single letters rather than words and abbreviations makes it far easier and less confusing to read at a glance. Furthermore, I am planning to make a template for the key, so that it need not be copied into every article.

The project manager is bold, while everybody else is regular, and the background colour remains the same for the project manager, so again it is far simpler and less confusing. Remember that being project manager does not have any bearing on the presentation of information. Task 12 uses the usual W / L letters and colours. It is the last task and therefore self-explanatory they won the whole series, and this is also explained sufficiently in several other parts of the article (a table like this is only supposed give an overview).

I am happy to spend some time over the next few weeks changing all of the existing tables from other articles.