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  • 1.  Committed points (beginning of sprint) vs. Accepted points

    Posted Sep 28, 2016 11:00 AM
    My users want to be able to report on committed points at the beginning of an iteration versus actual points accepted.  From what I can tell, the Velocity charts sum up the plan estimate of all stories currently in the iteration, inclusive of any stretch stories added during the sprint.  The work around being used is capturing data using the Excel Add-In at the beginning of each sprint and doing manual comparisons in Excel, but we would really like to avoid using external spreadsheets.  Is anyone aware of an app or option for looking at this?


  • 2.  Re: Committed points (beginning of sprint) vs. Accepted points

    Posted Feb 15, 2017 09:36 AM

    Hi,

     

    If I am following correctly, the default REPORT | Velocity Chart will show this.

     

    <soapbox>

    Velocity is a team metric, and shouldn't be shared with users or managers really for that matter.  These are made up numbers that are meant for teams to be able to better estimate the stories they can complete.  ANY other use of these made up numbers will result in agile Anti-Patterns.

     

    Find something else to give your users, for instance, maybe %complete on features?

    </soapbox>

     

     



  • 3.  Re: Committed points (beginning of sprint) vs. Accepted points

    Posted Feb 15, 2017 09:45 AM

    Hi Thomas,

     

    The teams are the ones asking for this.  The issue is that the velocity charts look at "what is" rather than what was true at the beginning of a sprint.  They can plan their sprint and lock in the plan, but lose site of what that plan was if anything is added, removed, or re-estimated.  Looking back over a few sprints, you can't easily identify how well you're meeting your sprint commitments if the contents of the sprint keep shifting. 

     

    I agree, these types of reports are for team improvement only, and only for each team itself, not for someone else to use as a stick against the team!    It would just be nice to have a better way to look at historical information.  It would also save us from having to split unfinished stories at the end of each sprint, which has its own complications and challenges...



  • 4.  Re: Committed points (beginning of sprint) vs. Accepted points

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Feb 17, 2017 03:32 AM

    terry.ginzburg

    I'm wondering if the Iteration Scope Change App would help you at all. Although it is not comparing committed vs. accepted points it shows you all workproducts than have been added and/or removed during an iteration. Have a look at Iteration Scope Change | CA Agile Central Help .

    The same is actually available for the release: Release Scope Change | CA Agile Central Help 

     

    Let me know if that helps.



  • 5.  Re: Committed points (beginning of sprint) vs. Accepted points

    Posted Apr 17, 2017 08:46 AM

    Ah, I see now what you mean, thought when you said users you meant someone outside of the team.

     

    There is also some code that is a sprint time machine.  This code shows you what was in the sprint on two specified days (day 1 and day 10, for instance).  It would take a bit of looking at if you really want a report, but if the team is all sitting together in a retro/team room, then it could easily be used.

     

    I have the code that makes this work, just let me know if this sounds like something you would want.  



  • 6.  Re: Committed points (beginning of sprint) vs. Accepted points

    Posted Apr 17, 2017 09:05 AM

    Hello!

     

    I would be interested in the code you referenced in your reply.

     

    Thanks!



  • 7.  Re: Committed points (beginning of sprint) vs. Accepted points

    Posted Apr 17, 2017 09:35 AM

    I would definitely be interested in that code.

     

    Thank you!

    Terry



  • 8.  Re: Committed points (beginning of sprint) vs. Accepted points

    Posted Apr 20, 2017 05:55 PM

    I am also interested in that code



  • 9.  Re: Committed points (beginning of sprint) vs. Accepted points

    Posted Apr 25, 2017 01:14 PM

    I haven't tried to post code on here before, but will try.  Also, I found this code somewhere a few years ago, so I am unsure where I got it, or what changes I may have made...

     

    SprintTimeMachine.html 

     

    See if this link works...