Using the iteration page

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At the top of the Iterations page, the team can monitor the iteration completion status bar. This bar shows the following: how many stories have been completed; how many hours or points have been completed; the number of hours or points used per day, AKA iteration velocity; and the iteration’s estimated completion based on the work done according to the timeline for this iteration. Below that, your team can monitor the burndown chart. This chart shows the ideal burndown rate with the shaded area showing where the team is currently at. Both the completion status bar and the burndown chart provide the team with useful information on the performance of the team for that iteration. Finally, below the burndown chart is the iteration storyboard. This is where the team will monitor and move stories through the status columns as work progresses and is completed. They’ll do this by clicking on and dragging their stories to the correct status column. As they complete work on their stories, they will indicate how much work they’ve done by clicking on and updating the points completed or the percent complete. Remember back in the team settings, how you could choose to add additional fields to your stories? Well, if you’ve added any, things like description, status, and priority, you’d be able to edit them right from the story card. Once team members move stories to the complete column or mark them as 100% complete, you’ll start to notice changes in the burndown chart and the completion status bar. These status updates are typically done during the team’s daily standup. In a standup, the team also discusses what they’ve accomplished the day before; what needs to get done that day; and any issues the team needs to address. Now that we’re familiar with the page, let’s make some assignments. I want to assign Aubrey to the Research Copy Content story. So, I drag and drop Aubrey’s avatar from the top of my screen onto the story card. Another way to assign someone to a story is by clicking the carat next to the story name, clicking the plus link at the bottom of the card, and then adding the name of your team member from the list that populates. -