Velocity Chart shows a comparison between The Planned Scope at the start of a timebox v/s The Amount of Work Completed at the end of the timebox over a period of time. It guides you with an idea of how much average Velocity is burned within every timebox. It also reveals,
- Velocity is measured at the end of an iteration, so that speed of the team can be measured.
- Amount of Size delivered within each timebox enables you to predict the amount of work the team can get done in future timeboxes.
- It is useful during your planning meetings, to help you decide how much work you can feasibly commit to.
- As a result, measuring progress becomes easy, to see if there is any improvement over a period of time.
Here you’ll learn how to:
How to Read
X-Axis: Shows timeboxes name.
Y-Axis: Planned Scope: Total Planned scope by the sum of Estimated size for the number of workitems.
Work Completed: Actual work completed by the sum of Estimated size for the number of workitems completed.
Filters
You can view the velocity chart for last 15 Timebox (iteration/sprint).
Drilldown
Just viewing chart doesn’t help you enough until you can view associated work items and act upon.
To view associated work items,
- Click on any data point
- Work-items get displayed just right below the chart
Velocity chart displays all work-items related to timebox as shown in the image below.
How to Use
It is recommended to measure the Velocity of the team at the end of an iteration.
- You will able to compare progress over a period of time.
- You can list down common causes for not achieving the Planned Scope by comparing various iterations and as a result, iterations improve gradually.
- Planning can be done according to the Velocity of the team so that disasters are avoided.