SSG user guide

SSG was created as a gadget so You will have to add it to You chosen dashboard. after that You will be presented with configuration for the gadget:

Fill up the data:

  • Select board - Select baseline board that will be used as data source

  • Narrow results with filter - narrow data from the board with custom filter of Your choice

  • Show total column - Total count of all sprint backlog items in sprint

  • Show not estimated column - Additional column that will count not estimated sprint backlog items

  • Column definitions - Define what statuses You want in each column of the gadget. On the left You have column name, on the right statuses that will be grouped under given column.

  • Number of closed sprints - How many past sprints You want to see.

  • Story points count - calculate sum of Story Points field of sprint backlog items in given sprint under each column.

  • Items count - calculate number of sprint backlog items in given sprint under each column.

  • Number of records per page - how many rows (sprints) You can see on one page.

 

Save gadget configuration and You will be presented with gadget ready to be used:

  • Numbers with “()” brackets are issue count

  • Numbers without are Story Point Count

 

How to properly use SSG:

SSG can be used to:

  • Check the past velocity of the team (Closed sprints)

  • Check if future sprint is properly prepared by the team before the planning

  • Check if further future sprints have anything that should be prepared in the near future