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| The project burndown report is&nbsp;the primary tool for understanding the status of a project. It shows the trend for
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| how much work is left to do within that project. This is done by adding the estimated effort left for each of the work
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| items to be addressed within the project, and showing how the estimated effort is changing from iteration to iteration.
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| The project burndown report should be updated at the end of each iteration.
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| <p>
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| The project burndown rate is usually communicated in graphical form.&nbsp;The project burndown chart consists of two
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| perspectives, with the horizontal axis showing the iterations and the vertical axis indicating the remaining points
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| from the work items list. Additionally, the average burndown rate from previous iterations is calculated, and a trend
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| for the remainder of the project forecasted from that historical data.&nbsp;
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| </p>
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| <p>
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| Project burndown management is an enabling technique that allows direct linkage of iteration goals to work items. The
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| project manager will use the project burndown information for communicating progress and trends to senior management.
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| </p>See <a class="elementLink" href="./../../../practice.mgmt.two_level_project_planning.base/guidances/examples/project_burndown_report_example_847643C1.html" guid="_Yiq2EDcGEdyTZ9G7ByfQTw">Project Burndown Report</a>&nbsp;for an example of project burndown report.<br /></mainDescription> |
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