1. Define the geography before reading the numbers
Oakland charter township and Oakland County are not interchangeable reporting areas. The Census record identifies Oakland charter township as a municipal-town in Oakland County, Michigan. A law firm may serve one township, the county, several Michigan communities or a wider market, but a population estimate for the township cannot stand in for demand across the county. Bosseo’s public ROI Dashboard text describes city and case-type reporting, including tracked service-and-city targets. That makes geographic definitions an important part of dashboard acceptance: every city, county or state label should have a stated meaning.
Recommended approach
Ask Bosseo to show how geographic labels will be defined in the dashboard and decide which areas belong in the firm’s primary views. Keep Oakland charter township, Oakland County and Michigan separate unless the firm deliberately combines them for a specific report.
