Phlogiston/Guide to Phlogiston Reports

Forecast
The Forecast charts show all defined categories for a scope of reporting, and for each category show the total amount of work, date completed or forecast completion, and fraction complete as of now.



Categories
All of the categories defined for a scope are listed in descending order by priority. There are two versions of this chart, zoomed and unzoomed; the zoomed version excludes any categories that are hidden (for example, a Product Owner may hide categories that were completed in the past) and the unzoomed version shows all categories.

Chart Area
The current quarter is indicated with a lighter-shaded rectangle. Today's date (the date the report was last run on) is indicated with a vertical blue line.

Size of category
The size of each category is shown via a number at the left of the plot for each category. This is the total number of tasks for the category; the number is shown zoomed in proportion to its log. For point-based charts, a dot is shown instead of a number, with the area of the dot proportional to the total number of points.

Completion Date
If a category has been completed, as defined by having zero open tasks and more than zero resolved tasks, the date that happened in shown with a black diamond and label. If the category is completed, re-opened, and re-completed, this is [not sure, probably the first time that was true?]. If a category has open tasks, this chart shows a forecast of when the category will be complete, based on historical changes to the amount of open tasks and the rate of resolution. The error bar shows the range from optimistic for pessimistic forecast, and the hollow diamond and date label show the nominal forecast. All forecast dates are in terms of weeks relative to today. See Phlogiston/Forecasting Model for more information on how these numbers are determined.

Current Status
For all incomplete categories, the percentage of tasks (or points) completed is shown in blue along the Now line.