Working with Progress Reports

Progress reports enable you to monitor work items in your backlog using the following reports:

Backlog Summary
Shows:
- My Work Items
  The number of work items currently owned and completed by the user who is logged in. The completed tally may vary based on backlog feed settings. For details, refer to Creating Backlog Feeds.
- Work Items
  The number of completed and active work items in the backlog.
- Work Units
  Shows the number of work units used and remaining, based on estimates set for each work item in the backlog.
- Time
  Shows the start and end dates for the backlog.
Burn Down
Reflects the amount of work remaining for the backlog period. Ideally, each line should trend downward and be at zero at the end of the backlog period.
Burn Up
Provides a view of total work and completed work for each feed. Ideally, each line in the graph converges at the end of the backlog period.
Feed Metrics
Shows the total number of work items returned by a backlog feed and the number of items accepted into the backlog.

Note: There may be times when the percentage of accepted items is greater than 100 percent. Typically, this indicates that items you have accepted into the backlog no longer meet backlog feed requirements. For example, you may limit items returned by the feed to a specific set of users. If you remove a user from your feed criteria after you have accepted items owned by this user, the number of accepted items in the feed metrics may be greater than 100 percent.
Work by Team
Shows the number of open and completed work items assigned to members of resource teams and the estimated work for each team.

If a completed work item applies to members of the same resource team, the item is included in the tally of completed items by that resource team once the item meets the completion criteria defined in the backlog feed. If an item applies to members of multiple teams, it is included in the completed tally for both teams.

Note: Resource teams are created by your administrator.