Sprint Burndown
Report Description
The Sprint Burndown chart gives the team a daily indication of their velocity and progress against the
work they have committed to for the current Sprint. Even early on in a Sprint, the burndown chart gives
the team a good idea of how they're progressing against their Sprint tasks and whether they will complete
them by the end of the Sprint. This both keeps up the motivation to deliver on the work they have committed
to and also provides a planning tool to aid decisions - see Sprint Rules for more information.
For a Sprint in progress, the line shows the total of Work Remaining for all Sprint Backlog Items in this
Sprint. The trend lines give an indication of whether the Sprint will achieve its objectives on time, i.e.
whether the line will "burndown" to the X-axis before the end of the Sprint.
For a Sprint that is complete, the chart shows how progress was viewed historically without a Capacity trend line.
Note that the Capacity line is based on the Capacity figure entered against the Sprint work item. If the actual Capacity
achieved is different from that estimated at the start of the Sprint, the gradient of the Capacity line can be adjusted by
updating the figure for the Sprint.
Report Parameters
| Parameter |
Description |
Default |
| Sprint |
View the Sprint Burndown chart for a specific Sprint by selecting a specific Sprint name. |
The current in progress Sprint |
| Team |
A multi-select dropdown providing the ability to filter the burndown data by a specific team or subset of teams |
The burndown across all Sprint Backlog items, including items assigned to specific teams and those that are unassigned |
| Trend Type |
Select a different algorithm for the trend line based on your specific data: Linear Regression, Moving Average, Weighted Moving
Average (3 or 5 day) or Exponential Moving Average (3 or 5 day) |
Linear Regression |
| Adjustment |
By default this option sets the trend line to run through the last real data point. If required
this behaviour can be turned off by selecting "None", causing the trend line to be drawn as a best fit based on the available
data points. |
Through Last Point |
| Weekends |
Selects whether weekends are included as valid working time or excluded from work time |
Excluded |
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