Stage 3 of 6 · Agree on how and when
From an approved estimate to a plan the team can follow
Plan takes the estimate you approved and generates the plan from it: user stories and tasks, grouped into epics and sprints, each task with its estimated hours and a due date set against your deadlines. Then it shows how the work is going.
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What it does
- Generates user stories and tasks from the approved estimate
- Groups them into epics and sprints, each sprint with its goal
- Sets due dates against the deadlines you have to meet
- Carries the estimated hours down to each task
- Shows the same plan as a board, a Gantt chart, a timeline and a workload view
- Exports stories and analytics as CSV
What you leave with
- A plan that comes from the number you approved, not from a blank page
- Sprints with dates you can commit to
- One page that says whether the program is on track, and when it will finish
The charts a project manager needs
Burndown
Remaining work against the ideal line, in story points or in story count.
Sprint velocity
Planned against completed for every sprint, with the trend.
Epic progress
Done, in progress and total, epic by epic.
Cumulative flow
Work added against work done, sprint after sprint.
Completion forecast
The sprints and weeks left at the team's real velocity, drawn on the burndown.
Velocity health
Average, deviation and stability, so you know how far to trust the forecast.
Sprint breakdown
Each sprint with its goal, its stories, what was planned and what was done.
Estimate against actual
Estimated and actual days for each epic, from the hours the team logs, with the variance.
Budget and time
An hourly rate and a total budget, to follow cost against the estimate.
Where it runs
Plan is part of the same web application as Estimate. It works from the estimate you approved and from the progress your team records.
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