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  <mainDescription>&lt;p>&#xD;
    On a Scrum project, the team tracks its progress against a release plan by updating a release burndown chart at the end&#xD;
    of each sprint. The horizontal axis of the release burndown chart shows the sprints; the vertical axis shows the amount&#xD;
    of work remaining at the start of each sprint. Work remaining can be shown in whatever unit the team prefers--story&#xD;
    points, ideal days, team days, and so on.&amp;nbsp;&#xD;
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    &lt;img height=&quot;358&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;resources/releaseburndown.png&quot; width=&quot;298&quot; />&#xD;
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&lt;p>&#xD;
    On this burndown chart, the team started a project that was planned to be eleven two-week sprints. They began with 200&#xD;
    story points of work. The first sprint went well and from the chart you can infer that they had around 180 story points&#xD;
    of work remaining after the first sprint. During the second sprint, however, the estimated work remaining actually&#xD;
    burned up. This could have been because work was added to the project or because the team changed some estimates of the&#xD;
    remaining work. From there the project continued well. Progress slowed during sprint 7 but then quickly resumed.&#xD;
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&lt;p>&#xD;
    This type of release burndown chart works very well in many situations and in many teams. However, on projects with&#xD;
    lots of changing requirements you may want to look at an &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot;&#xD;
    href=&quot;./../../Scrum/guidances/examples/alternative_release_burndown_chart_565346BF.html&quot;&#xD;
    guid=&quot;_zUZ0MPVpEdyJbYuqG3X5Ag&quot;>Alternative Release Burndown Chart&lt;/a>.&#xD;
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