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shield-checkSprint success metric

Setup a key metric for your team that helps you evaluate the success of a sprint.

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Basics

Haystack provides two options as a sprint success metric:

  1. Completion Rate (default): the percentage of work completed against the total sprint scope, including any scope changes during the sprint.

  2. Commitment Reliability: the percentage of work completed from the initial sprint plan, excluding any scope changes mid-sprint. Choose this metric if you want to:

    1. Ensure team stays on track with original sprint commitments

    2. Identify gaps between planned and completed work

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What will be impacted

Based on your sprint success metric selected in settings, you will see changes in all sprint-related pages: Issues, Retro, Sprint review.

Sprint success metric is shown in overview section

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Setup

  1. Head to the Teams Settingsarrow-up-right page via the Settings icon on the left sidebar

  2. Navigate to 'Boardarrow-up-right' settings and select metric in "Sprint success metric" section:

  3. Click Save.

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FAQ

chevron-rightDoes the 'Sprint Success Metric' apply retroactively?hashtag

Yes, metric will be applied retroactively to all past sprints for the team.

chevron-rightDo issues removed mid-sprint impact commitment reliability?hashtag

Yes, removing issues mid-sprint is considered a scope change and will affect the sprint reliability metric.

chevron-rightDoes a high Commitment Reliability indicate a successful sprint?hashtag

Not necessarily. While high Commitment Reliability indicates good planning, factors like long-term goals, value delivered, and team capacity are equally important.

chevron-rightWhen should Commitment Reliability be used over Completion Rate?hashtag

Commitment Reliability is ideal for improving sprint planning accuracy, assessing adherence to initial commitments, reducing scope changes, and enhancing delivery predictability.

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