I’m trying to figure out how to make our burndown chart more accurate for our dev team’s progress. Right now, it only shows tasks as done when they’re closed. But in our workflow, devs mark stories as resolved when they finish coding. Then the QA team checks it before closing.
We want the chart to count resolved stories as complete for the dev team. This would give us a better picture of how we’re doing. Is there a way to set this up in Jira? Maybe some setting I’m missing?
It would really help us track our sprint progress better. Any ideas on how to make this work? Thanks!
You’re on the right track with wanting to adjust the burndown chart for a more accurate representation of your team’s progress. One solution is to customize your Jira reports. In the Reports section, you can create a custom burndown chart that considers both ‘Resolved’ and ‘Closed’ statuses as completed work. This approach doesn’t require changing your workflow and gives a clearer picture of dev team progress without affecting QA processes. Additionally, consider using a ‘Resolution’ field to distinguish between dev-complete and QA-approved items. This method provides flexibility in reporting without altering your established workflow.
hey markseeker, ive dealt with this. you can tweak jira workflow to treat ‘resolved’ as done. go to project settings > workflows, add a status between resolved and closed, then update board settings. may need admin rights. hope this helps!
As someone who’s been in your shoes, I can tell you there’s definitely a way to make this work in Jira. What we did was create a custom field called ‘Dev Complete’ and added it to our issue screen. Our devs check this box when they finish coding, before moving it to QA.
Then, we set up a custom Burndown gadget using JQL. We included issues where either the status was Closed OR the ‘Dev Complete’ field was checked. This gave us a much more accurate picture of sprint progress from the dev perspective.
It took a bit of setup, but it’s been a game-changer for our team’s visibility. Just make sure you communicate the change clearly to everyone so they understand what the new chart represents. Good luck with it!