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Burndown Chart Makes Team’s Velocity and its Implications Visible

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Release Burndown Chart Key to On Time Project Delivery

• Answers the key question “Will we be done on time?”

• Useful for “what if?” analysis and managing tradeoffs of Scope, Velocity and Time

• Vital for identifying and addressing unreasonable expectations

Source: Henrik Kniberg

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Release Burndown, with Changing Scope

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