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Quick NavigationSo, What is the Burndown Chart Used For?<\/a>The 8 Components of the Agile Burndown Chart\u00a0<\/a>Common Mistakes<\/a>What is a Niko-Niko Calendar in Agile?<\/a>So, What is the Niko-Niko Calendar?<\/a>Expected Benefits of the Niko-Niko Calendar<\/a>Common Pitfalls of the Calendar\u00a0<\/a>Origins of the Niko-Niko Calendar<\/a>Is It an Effective Way of Tracking Your Team’s Mood?<\/a>Final Words on the Niko-Niko Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n

So, What is the Burndown Chart Used For?<\/h2>\n

A burndown chart is a representation of work to do versus the time<\/strong>. It is often used in scrum, which is an agile software development methodology. People always ask the difference between the burnup and burndown the chart.<\/p>\n

A burndown chart will show you how much work is left to be done for the project while a burnup chart will show you the amount of work that has already been done and the total amount of work left. In a burndown chart, the X represents the number of days while the Y represents the remaining effort.<\/p>\n

A burndown chart will show a team its performance on a project nada to show how each individual is contributing towards it. It is simple to create and use hence very effective.<\/p>\n

It also provides you with the time that the project might take and the amount of work that the team needs to do in order to achieve their goal. I decided to take through the agile burn down chart because I believe so many people are in need of understanding how it works. It is also advantageous to those who use it hence maybe you can grasp a few tips from here.<\/p>\n

The 8 Components of the Agile Burndown Chart<\/h3>\n
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  1. Time (Horizontal Axis)<\/strong>This is the X axis which represents the number of days and therefore this is time used. The graph could either show twenty-one days or three 7-days sprints. Burn down charts are capable on reflection information of the entire project or even a single sprint( run at full speed over a short distance). Depending on your team, create a good plan showing the number of days available for the sprint to be released.<\/li>\n
  2. Work Remaining (Vertical Axis)<\/strong>Tasks are estimated by the amount of work that is left to do. If you wish to learn more about time used by tasks in an agile burndown task using a technique called Fibonacci sequence, you can go to http:\/\/elearningindustry.com\/charts and get all the information there. Estimation of time can also be in story points and there should be a start and ending point. Also for easy interpretation, you can plan in dates instead of days.<\/li>\n
  3. Starting Point<\/strong>The overall number of points in a project is what we call starting point. In case you want to calculate the overall estimated effort, you can simply do so by adding up the column of the estimated effort. In this stage, you can decide the effort you want to be used during the project per day hence ensuring the effectiveness of the plan.<\/li>\n
  4. Finishing Points<\/strong>For example, you plan on running your day for 52 days and you have 4 IT personnel who should give you at least 80% efficiency of their work hence the work should be over in 52 divide by 4 then divide by 0.8% hence the work should be over in about 16 days. The end of a project is acquired by the division of the number of tasks, a number of members and estimated factor.<\/li>\n
  5. Tasks Remaining<\/strong>This is a line which shows the time when the sums began to be done up to the time when the members finished the project. It is not necessarily based on the expectation but the tasks required to be executed per day. If your team is keen on this, then go ahead and calculate the sum of estimated effort total efforts of the project. For instance, 52 tasks which are expected to be done in 16 days come down to an average of 3 per day by the end of the project<\/li>\n
  6. Actual Tasks Remaining<\/strong>With time, you will be able to tell the actual tasks that a team can do. This can vary from time to time as you keep doing tasks daily. You can estimate actual effort again to get the accurate time needed to complete a task. If your estimation gave you 10 hours for a single task then you work 8 hours in a day it means only 2 hours of effort remaining. So now you actually realize that you need 4 hours for a task to be completed hence, the remaining actual effort for a task is 4 hours.<\/li>\n
  7. Ahead of Schedule<\/strong>When actual work is below the estimated time, it means that your team is ahead of the schedule because they are completing more tasks. If more efforts are added then there will be a change in the actual effort.<\/li>\n
  8. Behind Schedule<\/strong>Being behind schedule means that your team is doing less work than what was estimated. This is evident if the actual work completed is below the estimated. However, the agile burndown chart is meant to help you plan and estimate and not an accurate outcome. Although if your team is too slow you can always go back and plan again in order to get results that are close to accurate.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Common Mistakes<\/h3>\n