1

Effort exceeds estimates significantly

To access how accurate a team makes estimations.

The RED zone in your chart includes items where logged effort exceeds estimates as

• RED: estimate excess > 100%. 
  The default value = 2.

2

Effort exceeds estimates

To access how accurate a team makes estimations.

The AMBER zone in your chart includes items where logged effort exceeds estimates as

• AMBER: 20% < estimate excess < 100%.
  The default value = 1.2. 

3

Effort less than estimates

To access how accurate a team makes estimations.

The GREEN and BLUE zones in your chart include items where estimate accuracy is: 

• GREEN:  -20% < estimate accuracy < 20%

• BLUE: estimate accuracy < -20%

The default value = 0.8. 

4

Effective working hours per day

To define capacity and track team workload more accurately 

Set actual amount of working hours per day on your project, excluding meetings and other activities. 
See Capacity and Workload

The default value = 6 h.

5

Data load initiation (UTC hours)

To adjust schedule for your project.

The default time for data load initiation is 00:00 UTC. 
Depending on the total amount of data sources configured in the system, it might take up to several hours to process all metrics for all projects. 

Example:

You have your metrics calculated by 9:00 AM in your time zone. To adjust your project schedule, specify the starting time for data load as any value from 00:00 through 23:00.

6

Ignore data before project start date

To ignore data generated before start date that is specified in General Project settings.

For example, task tracking system tickets that were closed before project start date and sprints or releases that were ended before project start date, will be ignored.