Objectives are an important part of tracking your team and PI progress. Kendis offers capabilities to
Set objectives Business Value
Link objectives to your features and stories
To track progress, Kendis offers 5 options
Linked Items Status
Children of Linked Items (Stories) - Status: This is the default option
Children of Linked Items (Stories) - Estimate
Team Stories - Status
Team Stories - Estimate
In the following sections, each of the options is explained in detail.
1. Linked Items Status
When you select this option, Kendis will check the linked items (Features/Epics, Stories) to the objectives and calculate the % completion based on their statuses.
For example, there are 2 features and 1 story linked to the objective and when you select this option, the system will show you 66% completed, as 2 items are in Done status and 1 still open.
The formula for the calculation is
% Completion = (Count of the items linked with the status category "Done") / (Count of the items linked with the status category "To Do" or "In Progress") * 100
2. Children of Linked Items (Stories) - Status
The method of calculation for this option is:
All the parent items (feature, epics) that are linked to the objectives
Then list all the children items (stories) of these parents
Check the status of these children items
Calculate the % completion based on these children items statuses
If the linked item is a story then include that into the calculation
For the example below the stories linked to 2 features and 1 story that is directly linked to the objective are included in the calculation
The formula for the calculation is
% Completion = (Number of the children items with the status category "Done" + Number of the stories that are linked to the objective and status category is "Done") /
(Number of the children items + Number of the stories that are linked to the objective and status category is "To Do", "In Progress", "Done")
* 100
Example (child = User Story):
% Completion = (User Stories of the linked features in the "DONE" category + "Done" User Stories directly linked to the Objective)/ Total number of User Stories of the linked Features.
3. Children of Linked Items (Stories) - Estimate
The method of calculation for this option is:
All the parent items (feature, epics) that are linked to the objectives
Then list all the children items (stories) of these parents
Check the status of these children items and calculate the story points (Estimate)
Calculate the % completion based on these children items story points (Estimate)
If the linked item is a story then include the story points of that into the calculation
For the example below the stories linked to 2 features and 1 story that is directly linked to the objective are included in the calculation. The story points of these stories will be used in this calculation rather than the "number of stories".
The formula for the calculation is
% Completion = (Sum of the story points of the children items with the status category "Done" + Sum of the story points of the stories that are linked to the objective and status category is "Done") /
(Sum of the story points of the children items + Sum of the story points of the stories that are linked to the objective )
* 100
4. Team Stories - Status
The idea of this option is to provide the %completion based on the stories that are assigned to the team. So this option will only be applicable to "Team Objectives", if you have created "custom objective" and select this option then the % completion will utilize all the stories since the custom objective is not tied to any team.
The method of calculation for this option is:
All the parent items (feature, epics) that are linked to the objectives
Then list only the children items (stories) that are assigned to the team
Check the status of the team stories
Calculate the % completion based on the team stories
If the linked item is a story and assigned to the team then include that into the calculation
Example
In the example below, when this option of % completion is selected then
Feature DP-40 has a total of 5 stories, however, only 1 story is related to "Team DWH" and only that story is shown in the list and used for the calculation
Similarly, DP-28 has a total of 13 stories, and only 2 are assigned to "Team DWH" and are listed.
This way of calculation is beneficial for the teams who are using cross-team features and still want to show their part of the completion more easily.
The formula for the calculation is
% Completion = (Number of the team stories with the status category "Done" + Number of the team stories that are linked to the objective and status category is "Done") /
(Number of the team stories with the status category "To Do" or "In Progress" + Number of the team stories that are linked to the objective and status category is "To Do","In Progress", "Done)
* 100
5. Team Stories - Estimate
The idea of this option is to provide the %completion based on the stories that are assigned to the team. So this option will only be applicable to "Team Objectives", if you have created "custom objective" and select this option then the % completion will utilize all the stories since the custom objective is not tied to any team.
The method of calculation for this option is:
All the parent items (feature, epics) that are linked to the objectives
Then list only the children items (stories) that are assigned to the team
Check the status of the team stories and calculate the story points (Estimate)
Calculate the % completion based on the team stories story points (Estimate)
If the linked item is a story and assigned to the team then include the story points of that into the calculation
Example
In the example below, when this option of % completion is selected then
Feature DP-40 has a total of 5 stories, however, only 1 story is related to "Team DWH" and only that story is shown in the list and used for the calculation
Similarly, DP-28 has a total of 13 stories, and only 2 are assigned to "Team DWH" and are listed.
This way of calculation is beneficial for the teams who are using cross-team features and still want to show their part of the completion more easily.
The formula for the calculation is
% Completion = (Sum of the story points of the team stories with the status category "Done" + Sum of the story points of the team stories that are linked to the objective and status category is "Done") /
(Sum of the story points of the team stories with the status category "To Do" or "In Progress" + Sum of the story points of the team stories that are linked to the objective and status category is "To Do","In Progress", "Done")
* 100
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