In-progress trend

About this report

The in-progress trend report captures the movement of cards from the first column on the Kanban board, typically Not Started, into the In-Progress column on the Kanban board. The report provides this information in the form of a line graph with color coding.

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Prerequisites

1. PI must exist in the system, and be tied to a program. 
2. Features must be created and tied to the PI. 
3. Work items must be created. 
4. Work items must be assigned to selected kanban board. 
5. Work Item states must be mapped to the kanban board columns.

How are report values calculated? 

• The count of cards is pulled from the Kanban board’s In-Progress column.
• The count will in all columns mapped to In-Progress.

How to interpret this report

The goal of a Kanban system is to limit the amount of work in process so the work flowing through the system matches its capacity. With this report, you can get a visual overview of the work you have in progress.  This report can be used to show trends in how the work flows into and through the Kanban system.