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What should a growth-accounting dashboard show?
Table 8What should a growth-accounting dashboard show?
| Dashboard layer | Field | Review question | Stop condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary | Period, currency, scope, and grain | What exactly is being reconciled? | Boundary changes without a version. |
| Base | Beginning and ending recurring revenue | Do the totals match the source system? | Totals cannot be reproduced. |
| Movement | New, expansion, contraction, churn, and residual | Which components explain the change? | One residual hides material movement. |
| Unit | Customer, contract, line, and segment counts | Does the revenue bridge agree with the unit grain? | Logo and revenue bridges are merged. |
| Quality control | Exceptions, late entries, credits, and corrections | Which rows remain unresolved? | Exceptions disappear from the view. |
| Decision | Owner, comparison, outcome, and horizon | What decision is the bridge meant to inform? | Composition is presented as causality. |
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What is growth accounting? Separate new, retained, expanded, and lost revenue
Growth accounting reconciles recurring revenue through new, expanded, contracted, and lost components. Keep revenue and customer counts separate.
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