Purpose: To engage stakeholders in the backlog by making it more comprehensible and providing them with a business perspective that they recognise.
This shows the backlog with the 'Business dimension' (Components or Labels
) along the top and the Time dimension (Versions 
) down the left hand side.
Stakeholders can see where the effort went during October
and just how many issues were completed for the Membership Launch, in the row above.
Display Options
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Show/Hide Title Data | Toggle on/off the table showing search parameters used to create the chart |
| Show Pie Charts / Bubble charts | Show either the items totalled up as a Pie Chart or as individual blobs, representing each item. See example below |
| Y Axis: Show Versions/Labels | Show either Versions or Labels on the Y axis |
| X Axis: Show Components/Labels | Show either Components or Labels on the X axis |
The X axis can be toggled between labels or components
The user can toggle between seeing the location of every item on the backlog or by representing them as Pie Charts.
This helps stakeholders see the where the team's effort is focused.
Clicking on a bubble enables you to open the issue in JIRA
Interpreting the chart[edit]
You can quickly see where the effort in this project or stream of work has been spent and the focus in the future. In the 'bubble chart' view each bubble represents a PBI. The colour is the state and the size is proportional to the estimated effort.
In the chart below:
This the time dimension, showing iterations. This shows the work that has already been done, the current iteration and future plans.
The area paths or Tags are shown along the top. This is the business or stakeholder perspective on the backlog. It clearly shows where the focus of effort is in this product development
You can quickly see only those items in a given state by selecting the state button. The colour of the button corresponds to the colours in the chart
Toggle between this view and the one below, which shows each individual PBI
Use this to toggle between tags and area paths
MultiD backlog.png
The chart below shows the individual PBIs (1) and you can toggle back to the pie chart view with button (2)
MultiD backlog1.png
Selecting data[edit]