Completed work (initial)

Completed work (initial)

Definition

Issues that were planned before the sprint started and completed by the sprint’s end. This metric serves as a proxy for the Sprint Goal success rate, since the Initial Commitment reflects the sprint goal.

Category

Completion status.

Formulas:

  • Completed work (initial) = Initial commitment (completed issues)

  • Completed work (initial) = Completed work - Added work (completed issues) initial estimate + Estimation change (completed issues)

In the following example, across the last six sprints, an average of 62.4% of the Initial Commitment was completed by the end of each sprint.

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Estimation changes to the Initial commitment