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Clues in your burndown chart

Clues in your burndown chart

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Clues in your burndown chart

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- Scrum teams frequently use burndown charts to track their progress within a sprint. A burndown simply shows how much work is planned to be completed in a sprint and tracks how much work is done each day. Everyday, this shows the team whether or not they're on track to meet their commitment. Your sprint burndown chart is a powerful tool for you and your team. If you're using an agile life cycle management or ALM tool, like JIRA or version one, the burndown is a standard report for every scrum team. If your company doesn't use an ALM, you can download free burndown chart templates from the internet. Simply do a search for excel burndown chart template and you'll see you have many options to choose from including learning how to build one yourself. In any case, once you have a burndown chart for your team, you need to know the anti patterns it can reveal to you. We'll examine three common anti patterns you might see on your teams. I've provided these examples in the exercise folder for…

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