{"id":1785,"date":"2025-03-07T16:09:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=1785"},"modified":"2025-03-22T10:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T10:43:09","password":"","slug":"planning-verify-work-load-over-plan-duration","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/docs\/non-knowledgebase\/planning-verify-work-load-over-plan-duration\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning &#8211; verify work load over plan duration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8216;Planning&#8217; tab include a story point burn down chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"872\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-18.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-18.webp 872w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-18-300x103.webp 300w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-18-768x264.webp 768w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-18-360x124.webp 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 872px) 100vw, 872px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A well balanced plan would show this burn down chart as a relatively straight line that descends on a consistent angle down to zero at the end of plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the line is not consistent, then this represents a scheduling risk.  The burn down chart shown below is an example where the scheduled tasks are evenly distributed across the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"963\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-22.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-22.webp 963w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-22-300x91.webp 300w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-22-768x233.webp 768w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-22-360x109.webp 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Actions to mitigate this risk include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Removing tasks from the plan and rescheduling tasks across the plan period to achieve a balanced distribution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Decomposing large tasks into smaller tasks.  The easiest way to accomplish this is to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/docs\/web-good-day\/task-checklist\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"931\">Checklist feature<\/a> to identify the steps to complete the task, and then the Checklist &#8216;Promote&#8217; feature to replace the old large task with a new series of smaller tasks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;Planning&#8217; tab include a story point burn down chart. A well balanced plan would show this burn down chart as a relatively straight line that descends on a consistent angle down to zero at the end of plan. If the line is not consistent, then this represents a scheduling risk. 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