Kanban Velocity

Overview

Each bar is one interval - a day, a week, or a month - showing how much work you completed in it. The line running through the bars is your rolling average velocity, so you can see whether throughput is climbing, falling, or holding steady, without doing the math yourself.

Kanban Velocity edit panel

Overview

FeatureDescription
ChartCompleted work per interval, plus a rolling Average Velocity line calculated from your own recent history
5 Calculate-By OptionsStory Points, Story Point Estimate, Original Time Estimate, Work Item Count, or a custom numeric field - so the chart matches however your team actually sizes work
8 Interval Lengths1 day up to 8 weeks, plus 1 calendar month, so short sprints and long release cycles are both readable
Backlog ForecastTurns your measured velocity into a plain-language completion estimate for every backlog item, ranked in board order
Data ViewA row-by-row breakdown of every interval, including the issues that made up each bar's total

Data Sources

SourceWhen to Use
ProjectsTeam-wide velocity across one or more projects
BoardRequired if you want the Backlog forecast - velocity and board rank both come from here
Saved FilterReuse a filter your team already maintains
Custom JQLPrecise scoping - a single component, label, or issue type
Filter ControllerLet a shared dashboard filter bar control which issues feed the chart

How to Read the Chart

  • Bars = completed work in that interval, in your chosen unit - taller bars mean more delivered
  • Line = the average of the last few intervals, so you can see the trend without being thrown off by one unusually busy or quiet interval
  • The badges above the chart summarize the most recent bar. By default that is the last complete interval; with "Include the current (incomplete) interval" on, it is the interval still in progress, so the headline number can look lower than usual near the start of a new interval
  • Switch between the Chart, Data, and Backlog views using the tabs above the gadget - the same underlying numbers, presented three different ways