Show Feature Progress

In the spirit of “customers buy features,” consider showing the team’s progress against the planned and additional features, as in the product backlog burnup chart shown in the following figure.

images/projectmeasures/ProductBacklogburnup.png

This chart is from a real team. This team created a walking skeleton by working on three different feature sets. The team made progress against each feature set at its interim dates. While each feature set grew, Feature Set 3 grew more than the other two. That feature set grew faster than the team could make progress on it. Showing this chart helped the product owner discuss what should be in the roadmap for management.

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