Feel the Burn: Getting the Most Out of Burn Charts

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Volume-Issue: 
2009-05
Article Summary: 

Burn-down charts have become a popular project artifact, but too often, people accept the default chart from whatever project management tool they're using. What choices can we make about the chart format and scale that will help us create charts that answer the questions that are really important to us? And when the chart looks "funny," what could it possible mean?