In the last article, I introduced how to use the Leangoo agile tool to manage the Sprint Backlog Figure's.
What is a scrum burndown chart?
A burndown chart is a visual representation of the work that needs to be done before the project is completed.
It can visually display the change trend of the remaining workload and remaining working time in the current iteration, which is an indicator reflecting the progress of the project.
Generally, after the daily stand-up meeting, the team will update it according to the completion of the task.
A burndown chart has a Y-axis (work remaining) and an X-axis (time). Ideally, it should be a downward curve that "burns out" to zero as the date progresses and the remaining work is completed. But in reality, due to various reasons, the burndown chart often has troughs or peaks.
A burndown chart typically looks like this:
You can use a physical whiteboard + manual update to maintain the burndown chart, or you can use the very lightweight agile team collaboration tool Leangoo ( leangoo.com ) to automatically generate the burndown chart.
Maintaining the burndown chart is the daily work of the team. Visual, easy-to-operate management methods can help the team improve collaboration efficiency and make the team's work progress more transparent, while overweight management tools will become a burden on the team
How to use Leangoo to automatically generate a burndown chart?
We first enter a complete Sprint Kanban, click the Burndown Chart button in the Kanban, and enter the Burndown Chart page:
After entering the burndown chart statistics, you need to set the statistics method, etc.:
1. Leangoo provides 2 modes, depending on the number of cards and workload, you can choose according to your needs.
The system defaults to "Number of Cards" for remaining workload (Y-axis) statistics, and you can modify it to "Workload" for statistics according to the actual situation of the project (Note: If the workload is used for statistics, it needs to be set for each card. workload)
2. Set working days: The system excludes weekends in the kanban cycle by default, and you can check the real working days according to the actual situation of the project.
3. Set the statistics column: the system defaults to set all columns to participate in the remaining workload statistics, and you can also check it according to the actual situation of the kanban.
4. You can set the completion column according to the actual situation.
For example, in the Sprint Kanban in the figure below, the completed Levi "User story has been completed" is selected.
Now we can look at the burndown chart
After a few days of automatic updates, the Kanban burndown chart might look like this:
Through the above steps, you can let Leangoo automatically generate your team's customized burndown chart, which is very convenient!