I’ve been asked recently to post the Standalone Iteration Tracking Spreadsheet that I created a few years back – and I finally got around to it. This spreadsheet was first part of a bigger tool that supported backlog management, release reporting, feature tracking etc. It became incredibly difficult to maintain so I decided to pull key pieces out and made them independent. This Iteration or Sprint Tracker is intended to be used by ScrumMasters or Project Managers. It was never intended to be used by the entire team (though you absolutely can) but rather provide a way for the ScrumMaster to actively track task progress and generate real-time reports and diagnostics. You will see that it provides far more than the simple traditional burndown. Along with the Advanced Burn-up it also shows the Category Burn-down. The Category Burndown is intended to show visibility into the progress of specific categories of task – to identify bottlenecks or constraints. [Read more...]
