The document discusses how to create simple dashboards in SharePoint using out-of-the-box web parts. It provides an overview of the different types of web parts that can be used to build dashboards, including list, library, functional and Excel web parts. It also provides a step-by-step process for building a sample project dashboard that includes creating lists, adding lookups between lists, custom views, adding web parts to a page and configuring web part connections. The document concludes with a demonstration of dashboard creation.