What are all these charts about?

The charts in CollabNet TeamForge provide a variety of graphical windows on your project's progress. You can print these charts, import them into presentations, or send out links to them.

Charts are a complement to the data in your planning folder, not a substitute for it. Each chart is good for a quick update on a particular kind of information about your project. For the fullest picture, consider all the charts in context, and always check your impressions by inspecting the detailed information contained in your tracker artifacts and planning folders.

• What can I learn from a burndown chart?
  Burndown is the estimated amount of work that remains to be done in an iteration, compared with the work originally estimated.
• What can I learn from a capacity chart?
  The capacity chart shows the project team's judgment of how much work can be done with the resources available and the time period represented in the planning folder.
• What can I learn from an Open by Priority chart?
  Dynamic planning is most effective when you know the relative priorities of work items you are tracking. The Open by Priority chart helps you check that your team is working on the optimal mix of artifacts.
• What can I learn from an Open vs. Closed chart?
  Sometimes you just want a raw count of the number of work items you are looking at.