Measure the Product Backlog Burnup Chart

Sometimes the management team needs to see just how far along this project is; they might need to know not just the numbers of running, tested features but also which running, tested features are complete. That’s where you can generate a product backlog burnup chart, as in the Product Backlog Burnup Chart shown in the figure. Measure how much of each feature set (FS in the chart) the team completes on a periodic basis.

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That’s a general product backlog burnup chart. The figure is an image of a team not quite finishing any feature set at the time of the last measurement.

You can see that the team is not ...

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