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Business charts & exhibits · Working

Variance chart

Also called: plan-versus-actual chart

ELI5

A chart showing where results differ from plan.

Used in conversation

“Add explanations beside the largest variance chart bars.”

Definition

A chart showing differences between actual, budget, forecast or prior-period values.

Here “Variance chart” means: A chart showing differences between actual, budget, forecast or prior-period values.

Pitch context

You will see “Variance chart” in business pitches, proposals, executive summaries and decision decks when the discussion reaches business charts & exhibits.

Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret business charts & exhibits without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.

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Sources & evidence · 3

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.