Sprint Rollover Ratio

In Agile project management, keeping track of sprint efficiency is vital for continuous improvement. This article demonstrates how to build a sprint rollover ratio report to track the number of issues rolling into a sprint versus all issues within that sprint directly on your Jira dashboard. By leveraging the Performance Objectives app’s “Number of issues in sprint” metric and its formula feature, we can calculate and display rollover ratio on a sprint-by-sprint basis. This insightful report helps teams better understand their sprint dynamics and optimize their workflow.

Creating a sprint rollover ratio report provides several key benefits. First, it highlights the proportion of tasks carried over from previous sprints, enabling teams to identify recurring bottlenecks and address them proactively. Second, by visualizing this data over multiple sprints, teams can monitor their progress and make informed adjustments to improve sprint planning and execution. Additionally, this metric fosters transparency and accountability, as it clearly shows the impact of unresolved issues on current sprint goals. With the Performance Objectives app, you can easily implement this metric and gain actionable insights to enhance your team’s productivity and efficiency.

Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to configure Sprint Rollover Ratio report in Jira:

Step 1: Turn on the Target section and choose the Fixed target type.

Step 2: Select the Per x-axis item target calculation.

Step 3: Add the fixed target value. In our case, the maximum number of issues rolling from sprint to sprint is 30%.

Step 4: Specify that exceeding this maximum target is considered “Bad.”

Step 5: Under the More Settings section, add a warning threshold to signal early when approaching the maximum.

Step 6: Adjust the target label to reflect the negative aspect of exceeding the target maximum.

Utilizing the powerful Target feature of our app, you can further enhance this report by adding a maximum percentage allowed for rolling issues from sprint to sprint. This will set clear performance expectations for your team and help you address potential planning and estimation accuracy issues, as well as issues related to stakeholder communication and satisfaction. Follow these steps to set a maximum target for rolling issues in a sprint, keeping them under the generally accepted healthy benchmark of 30%.

Step 1: Turn on the Target section and choose the Fixed target type.

Step 2: Select the Per x-axis item target calculation.

Step 3: Add the fixed target value. In our case, the maximum number of issues rolling from sprint to sprint is 30%.

Step 4: Specify that exceeding this maximum target is considered “Bad.”

Step 5: Under the More Settings section, add a warning threshold to signal early when approaching the maximum.

Step 6: Adjust the target label to reflect the negative aspect of exceeding the target maximum.

Watch the video recording with the configuration steps for a Sprint rollover ratio report for Jira: