The standard for project management

Figure 5-5. Product Backlog Burnup Chart

A team can only finish one story at a time. To complete a large feature that contains several stories, the team will 

have remaining stories to complete and may not complete that entire feature until several more time periods have 

passed. The team can show its completed value with a product backlog burnup chart as shown in Figure 5-5.

If a team needs to measure earned value, it can consider using this burnup chart in Figure 5-6 as an example: Note 

that the left Y axis represents story points as scope, and the right Y axis represents the project spend.

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