Release and epic burndowns

In this section, we're going to talk about release and epic burndowns, how important they are, and how we can use them to give us some insight into how things are going. We're going to learn about what release and epic burndowns are, how to read these burndown reports, and how to use these reports for forecasting.

Release burndown example

We're going to show an example of a release burndown.

Note

Keep in mind that it releases a version. Essentially, it's a version that's been deployed. An epic is also a container of work.

Recall to our backlog. A release is generally larger than an epic, so an epic would be a large story that spans multiple Sprints, but the same concepts apply, and so when we're looking at an epic burndown report, it's going to be the same as a release burndown report, but probably smaller. However it will allow us to project when that epic might be completed.

Let's take a look at this release burndown. We want to familiarize it with the different elements...