Screenshot: Epic Burndown report (story points)
Viewing the Epic Burndown report
- Navigate to your desired board.
- Click Reports, then select Epic Burndown.
- Select the relevant epic from the Epic Burndown drop-down. You will be able to select from epics that are in projects configured for your board (via the board's filter).
If you are using Internet Explorer 8, the Epic Burndown will not work.
Printing the Epic Burndown report
To print the report, view the report and use the print functionality for your browser. The report will fit on either A4- or Letter-sized pages in both portrait and landscape modes (note, there is a known issue printing in landscape using Chrome).
Understanding the Epic Burndown report
Before you start using the Epic Burndown report, you should get to know how it works.
The sprint bar
- Light green section = work completed during the sprint.
Note, if a bar is completely light green, you won't be able to tell how much of the work completed was originally estimated or not. To find out this information, click the bar to view the details. - Light blue section = work that is remaining in the epic, out of the total work estimated for the epic at the start of the sprint.
- Dark blue section = work that was added during the sprint, but not originally included (i.e. scope change).
- Light green section + light blue section = total work in the epic that was originally estimated at the start of the sprint.
- Light blue section + dark blue section = total work in the epic that is remaining at the end of the sprint.
- Bars with grey sections = predicted sprints (see below).
Predicted sprints
Predicted sprints are calculated based on your team's velocity* (amount of work completed in the last three sprints), and the total work remaining for the epic. Scope change is not considered when calculating the velocity*, but is included in the total work remaining.
* not the same as the velocity described in the Velocity Chart
Consider the following example:
- Assessing the outstanding work: 12 story points are remaining for the epic, at the start of the current sprint (sprint 10).
- Calculating the velocity: 7 story points were completed in the last three sprints (sprint 8, sprint 9, and sprint 10). This averages out to a velocity of 2 story points per sprint, rounding to nearest story point.
- Predicting the remaining sprints: At a velocity of 2 story points per sprint, it will take 6 more sprints to complete the work for the epic. That is, 6 sprints of 2 story points each.
Other functionalities
The following questions and answers cover the other key functions of the Epic Burndown report:
Known issues
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Next steps
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