Dear Sai J,
Dashboards are user interfaces or web pages that provide a current summary, usually in graphic, easy-to-read form, of key information relating to progress and performance, especially of a business or a website. Dashboards are prepared specifically for the top management personnel because they do not have time to go through the data in textual form. The use of colours and shapes makes the dashboards visually appealing.
Creating dashboards is an art. You will find many videos on YouTube. However, dashboards are prepared on the data. The relevant data about performance management includes costs and ratios associated with business as well as the departments. Therefore, the question arises as to whether you have created a mechanism to capture data about your organisation.
You wish to create a dashboard based on the Balance Score Cards (BSC). However, BSC works well at the broad level and does address the macro level. Therefore, rather than taking reference from BSC, I recommend you measure costs and ratios associated with the business. This is a sure-shot method of presenting what the top bosses want.
Lastly, you have confused between BSC and succession planning. The institution of a Performance Management System (PMS), whether based on BSC or otherwise, and succession planning are independent concepts and both need to be viewed differently.
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar