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  <mainDescription>&lt;p>&#xD;
    The project burndown report is&amp;nbsp;the primary tool for understanding the status of a project. It shows the trend for&#xD;
    how much work is left to do within that project. This is done by adding the estimated effort left for each of the work&#xD;
    items to be addressed within the project, and showing how the estimated effort is changing from iteration to iteration.&#xD;
    The project burndown report should be updated at the end of each iteration.&#xD;
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&lt;p>&#xD;
    The project burndown rate is usually communicated in graphical form.&amp;nbsp;The project burndown chart consists of two&#xD;
    perspectives, with the horizontal axis showing the iterations and the vertical axis indicating the remaining points&#xD;
    from the work items list. Additionally, the average burndown rate from previous iterations is calculated, and a trend&#xD;
    for the remainder of the project forecasted from that historical data.&amp;nbsp;&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
&lt;p>&#xD;
    Project burndown management is an enabling technique that allows direct linkage of iteration goals to work items. The&#xD;
    project manager will use the project burndown information for communicating progress and trends to senior management.&#xD;
&lt;/p>See &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot;&#xD;
href=&quot;./../../../practice.mgmt.release_planning.base/guidances/examples/project_burndown_report_example_847643C1.html&quot;&#xD;
guid=&quot;_Yiq2EDcGEdyTZ9G7ByfQTw&quot;>Project Burndown Report&lt;/a>&amp;nbsp;for an example of project burndown report.&lt;br /></mainDescription>
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