1DevDay Detroit 2011

The Use of Burn Charts to Manage Projects

1DevDay Detroit 2011
November, 2011

Presenter

Scott Miller

Slides

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Abstract

Burn-up charts are a vital element of data-driven project management. Atomic has been using this simple technique for more than five years.

Burn-up charts are a lightweight method of tracking a team’s progress toward completing a project. Burn-up charts do this by visualizing overall project scope and the rate of task completion over time. These highly visible charts help facilitate predictable (in time and money) delivery and increased customer/team alignment.

In this presentation Scott breaks down how Atomic creates and uses burn-up charts to manage projects. Topics covered include complexity points, relative estimation, burn-up chart creation/management and pitfalls associated with using burn-up charts.