Cumulative flow diagram (CFD)

Cumulative flow diagram (CFD)

Understanding the Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD)

The Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD) tracks the progress of the team's work items according to their status. Every work item is tagged with a particular status in the sprint board, and the CFD represents the progress of each status.

Benefits

  • Track the progress of each status on a daily basis.
  • Know which status holds the most work items.
  • Work to move items from To-do to Done.
  • Identify bottlenecks that slow down the progress of the sprint.

Viewing the chart

  1. Navigate to Reports.
  2. Choose Cumulative Flow from the Sprints Report section.
  3. The X-axis represents the Date, and Y-axis represents the Number of work items.
  4. The legends show the statuses of the sprint's work items.
  5. Select a sprint name to view its cumulative flow diagram.

View sprint

  1. Choose a sprint from Sprints.
  2. Select the statuses and click Get.

Compare status

You can compare the progress of the statuses on the board using CFD.
  1. Click Compare in the upper-right corner.
  2. Select the statuses.
  3. Click Get to compare the progress of the statuses.
You can compare a maximum of five statuses and a minimum of two. 
View the table to track the days and count of work items in each status. Click the date or the item count in any status to view the list of all the work items and the estimation points against each. You will get to know which status holds the most work items.



Only the Team Owner, Admin can view all the sprints. If you are the Manager or Member you can access the CFD only for the sprints you are assigned.