Project Tracking with Burn Charts

Lightweight Project Tracking with Burn Charts

SoftwareGR, June 2011

Presenters

Carl Erickson and Mike Marsiglia.

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 Carl and Mike break 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.