SAFe Prior PI Dashboard

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated August 1, 2024
  • 1 minute to read
  • The SAFe Prior PI Dashboard provides data visualization on scope, actual burndown, and forecast trends of previous program increments (PI). Analyze the data and plan the work for upcoming PIs.

    Figure 1. SAFe Prior PI dashboard widgets
    SAFe Prior PI dashboard widgets.
    Figure 2. SAFe Prior PI burnup report
    SAFe Prior PI burnup report.
    Figure 3. SAFe Prior PI burnup report
    SAFe Prior PI burnup report.

    End user and roles

    End user and goal Required role
    SAFe ART user: Analyze the scope, burndown, and forecast trends of previous program increments. safe_scrum_user

    Indicators

    SAFe: Sum of story points of completed stories in the active PIs
    Generates the actual burndown series in the PI Burndown report, and the completed series in the PI Burnup report.
    SAFe: Sum of story points of all stories in active PIs
    Generates the scope series in the PI Burndown and PI Burnup reports.

    Breakdowns

    SAFe: Prior PI.

    Widgets

    Features
    Indicates the total number of features that were planned for completion in the previous PI.
    Completed
    Indicates the total number of features that were completed in the previous PI.
    Stories Missing Estimates
    Indicates the total number of stories in the previous PI that were missing estimates.

    Data visualizations

    Title Type Description
    PI Burnup Line chart Line chart Analyze the burnup trends of the previous PI.
    PI Burndown Line chartLine chart View the scope and rate of scope change, the ideal rate for work completion, and the actual rate of work completion. Analyze the burndown trends and accordingly plan the workload for an upcoming PI.
    PI Velocity Chart Bar chartBar chart View the velocity of the ART members for the previous PI and plan the workload for an upcoming PI.

    You can customize the Burnup and Burndown reports. For more information, see Customizing Essential SAFe dashboard reports.