Evidence Readiness Dashboard
Track progress across your current cycle — readiness percentage, state breakdown, owner workload, and Priority 1 items.
The dashboard is the first page you land on after signing in. It answers one question: how ready is this cycle for QSA review?
Top-level metrics
Across the current cycle:
- Readiness % — signed-off entries ÷ total entries (excluding
not_applicable) - Evidence attached — entries in any state other than
not_started - Needs attention — entries flagged by a collector or reviewer
- Priority 1 — longest-lead items that need immediate work
The readiness percentage tracks what's reviewer-approved, not just what has evidence attached. This distinction matters: a cycle can be at 90% evidence coverage but 40% readiness if nobody has signed off yet. See Sign-off for why state and readiness are separate signals.
Progress by category
A breakdown of every DRL category with:
- Total entries in the category
- How many have evidence attached
- How many are signed off
This view makes it easy to see which areas are lagging — for example, all
POL-* entries at 0% readiness two weeks before the target date.
Owner breakdown
Entries grouped by owner, with the same metrics. Useful for leads checking in with team members, and for anyone wondering "whose queue is this in?"
Unassigned entries show up at the top so nothing falls through the cracks.
Priority 1
If you answered "under 30 days" on the onboarding wizard, a handful of long-lead items were pre-flagged as Priority 1 (policy authoring, training rollout, incident response plan). These show up in their own card on the dashboard so they don't get lost in the category view.
You can promote any entry to Priority 1 from the entry detail page.
Current cycle vs. historical
Use the cycle picker at the top of the dashboard to switch between cycles. Archived cycles stay fully readable — useful during a QSA assessment to cross-reference against historical evidence.
What the dashboard is not
The dashboard is not a compliance score. Readiness is an internal signal from your team to itself — "we think this is ready." Your QSA makes the final compliance determination.