SAFe Prior Sprint Dashboard
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Summary of SAFe Prior Sprint Dashboard
The SAFe Prior Sprint Dashboard offers comprehensive data visualization on the scope, actual burnup and burndown, and forecast trends of previous sprints. It enables SAFe Scrum Masters to analyze past sprint performance and make informed decisions for planning upcoming sprints. Notably, canceled stories are excluded from all data visualizations to maintain accuracy.
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End User and Roles
- End User: SAFe Scrum Master
- Required Role: SAFescrumuser
- Goal: Analyze sprint burndown and burnup trends to better plan workloads in future sprints.
Key Indicators and Metrics
- Committed Points: Total story points committed for the sprint, representing planned scope.
- Stories: Total number of stories completed in the previous sprint.
- Completed: Amount of work completed in story points during the previous sprint.
- Stories Missing Estimates: Number of stories in the previous sprint lacking story point estimates.
Data Visualizations and Reports
The dashboard includes key reports to visualize sprint progress and trends:
- Sprint Burndown Report: A line chart showing scope and pace of work completion against an ideal burndown trajectory. This report includes:
- Scope: Planned work for the sprint.
- Ideal Burndown: Expected progress rate to complete work on time.
- Remaining: Actual work left to complete. Comparison with the ideal burndown indicates if the team is ahead or behind schedule.
This visualization helps Scrum Masters assess if the team is on track and adjust workload planning accordingly.
- Sprint Burnup Report: A line chart displaying completed work over time and scope changes during the sprint. It includes:
- Scope: Planned work for the sprint.
- Completed: Amount of work finished during the sprint.
This report helps analyze scope fluctuations and team progress trends.
Upgrade and Customization
Customers upgrading from version 1.0.2 or earlier should reinstall this dashboard from the Solution Library to access updated layouts and the Sprint Burnup report. Both Burndown and Burnup reports are customizable to suit specific analysis needs, enhancing flexibility in tracking sprint performance.
The SAFe Prior Sprint Dashboard provides data visualization on scope, actual burnup and burndown, and forecast trends of previous sprints. Analyze the data and plan the work for upcoming sprints.
End user and roles
| End user and goal | Required role | Benefits |
|---|---|---|
| SAFe scrum master: Analyze data on scope, actual burnup and burndown, and forecast trends of previous sprints. | SAFe_scrum_user |
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Indicators
- SAFe: Sum of story points of all stories in the current sprint
- Generates the scope series in the SAFe Sprint Burndown report.
- SAFe: Sum of story points of active stories in the current sprint
- Generates the actual burndown series in the SAFe Sprint Burndown report.
Breakdowns
- SAFe: Sprint
- SAFe: Prior Sprint
Widgets
- Committed points
Indicates the committed scope (in number of story points) of the sprint.
- Stories
- Indicates the total number of stories that were completed in the previous sprint.
- Completed
- Indicates the amount of work (in story points) that was completed in the previous sprint.
- Stories Missing Estimates
- Indicates the total number of stories in the previous sprint that were missing estimates.
Data visualizations
If you are upgrading from version 1.0.2 or earlier of Performance Analytics Content Pack for Essential SAFe, then install this dashboard from Solution Library to upgrade its layout and access the Sprint Burnup report. For more information, see Using Solution Library for Essential SAFe dashboards.
| Title | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
Sprint Burndown |
Line chart |
Shows 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 sprint. The Sprint Burndown report comprises the following series that can be hidden or
displayed based on your preference:
Analyze the burndown trends and accordingly plan the workload for an upcoming sprint. |
Sprint Burnup |
Line chart |
Shows the previous sprint burnup trend indicating scope changes. Analyze future changes the trend of team's work completion. The Sprint Burnup report comprises the following series that can be hidden or displayed
based on your preference:
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You can customize the Burnup and Burndown reports. For more information, see Customizing Essential SAFe dashboard reports.