234- Burn and Velocity Charts

Vocabulary flashcards covering key Agile progress-tracking terms highlighted in the lecture.

Burn Chart

An umbrella term for Burn Up and Burn Down charts—visual tools that track a team’s progress by plotting story-point data over time.

Burn Up Chart

A chart that displays cumulative work COMPLETED; the line rises upward, making it easy to see how much work has been finished.

Burn Down Chart

A chart that displays work REMAINING; the line slopes downward, showing how much work is left to complete.

Velocity Chart

A graph that records the number of story points completed each iteration, enabling teams to forecast future capacity.

Velocity

The average number of story points a team delivers per iteration; used to estimate how many iterations are needed for remaining work.

Iteration

A fixed-length, 1–4-week timebox in Agile during which the team plans, executes, and delivers a set amount of work.

Story Point

A relative-sizing unit assigned to user stories or features to express effort, complexity, or risk instead of using hours.

Product Backlog

An ordered list of all desired product work, each item sized (often in story points) and reprioritized as the project evolves.

Average Velocity Calculation

Total story points completed across iterations ÷ number of iterations; used to predict how many iterations remain (e.g., 250 ÷ 18 ≈ 14 iterations).

Agile Performance Visualization

The practice of employing clear charts—especially burn charts and velocity charts—to communicate progress and capacity to stakeholders.