How do you calculate percent complete on an agile project?
Calculating the percent complete for a project requires knowing the total scope, and having estimates for remaining work. Agile generally has two types of release schedules; either the project will take as long as needed to complete the backlog, or the project is working towards a target date and will complete as much of the backlog as possible in that time frame. In either case, calculating the percent complete requires knowing the velocity.
Steps
- Add up the total number of story points to get to the next major release or milestone.
- Add up the number of story points completed so far.
- Percent Complete = Completed Story Points / Total Story Points.
Assumptions
- No additional stories will be added to the scope for the release.
- No further work will be discovered.
- There are no roadblocks.
- There is no dark matter.
References
- https://itsadeliverything.com/reporting-percentage-complete-on-an-agile-project
- https://www.scaledagileframework.com/Metrics/
- https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/17689/how-to-measure-percentage-complete-on-an-agile-project