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You will also need to decide which Issue types you want to include in the CFD - this would normally be Stories and Bugs. issues like features, tasks etc. would NOT be included in a CFD
The hit Hit load - and enter a chart name if you want to save it.
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The chart shows the behaviour of the system over time. The columns / states are read from the team's JIRA board. The vertical width of the coloured band shows how many items or effort is held in that band - generally this should be narrower and parallel. See above for more on how to interpret CFDs.
See Work in Progress in a specific state over time
Unlike most CFDs you can choose to look at the WIP (work in progress) in a specific column on the board.
Selecting 'Ready of DevLive' we can see a steady increase in the amount of work in this column on the board. Eventually this reached 500 points of effort in that state. Suggesting that work got stuck waiting to go into development. Showing a steady increase in workitems deployed to the live environment
Drill into the details
Click on a blob on the chart to see the items that make are within itup that data point. Click on the link link to open it in JIRA VSTS.
Sort the data by clicking on the a column header