{"id":7531,"date":"2022-07-25T13:23:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T20:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/?p=7531"},"modified":"2024-03-22T06:29:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:29:15","slug":"burn-up-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/burn-up-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Burn Up Charts for Agile Project Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"http:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n  \"mainEntity\": [\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"What is a burn up chart?\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"A burnup chart is a visual representation of your project\u2019s progress that highlights:\\nThe work you\u2019ve completed and the total project work.\"\n      }\n    },\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"How do burn up and burn down charts differ?\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"A burnup chart highlights the work you\u2019ve completed against your total project scope while a burn down chart highlights the amount of work remaining in a project.\"\n      }\n    },\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"What is the Best Burnup Chart Tool for Agile Project Management?\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"<\/p>\n<p>\\n    ClickUp is the best burn up chart tool for\\n<\/p>\n<p>\\n<a href=\\\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/teams\/agile\\\">Agile project management<\/a>\\n<\/p>\n<p>\\n    - create powerful burnup charts to help you keep up with your project\u2019s\\n    progress.\\n<\/p>\n<p>\"\n      }\n    }\n  ]\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to learn about burn up charts and understand how to use them?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A burn up chart is one of the simplest tools to quickly track your <a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/tag\/project-management\/\">project\u2019s progress<\/a> and evaluate what you\u2019ve accomplished.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this article, we\u2019ll cover everything you need to know about burn up charts to help you use them effectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents\" data-hidetext=\"hide\" data-initiallyhideonmobile=\"false\" data-initiallyshow=\"true\" data-scrolltype=\"auto\" data-showtext=\"show\" id=\"ub_table-of-contents-cfe5f9a9-32d2-4a59-a950-4178d309e593\">\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-header-container\">\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-header\">\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-title\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-extra-container\">\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-container ub_table-of-contents-1-column\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/burn-up-chart\/#0-what-is-a-burn-up-chart-\">What is a burn up chart?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/burn-up-chart\/#4-how-do-burn-up-and-burn-down-charts-differ-\">How do burn up and burn down charts differ?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/burn-up-chart\/#9-how-burnup-charts-help-agile-project-management-\">How Burnup charts help Agile project management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/burn-up-chart\/#12-what-is-the-best-burnup-chart-tool-for-agile-project-management-\">What is the Best Burnup Chart Tool for Agile Project Management?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/burn-up-chart\/#15-conclusion-\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s get started.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"0-what-is-a-burn-up-chart-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is a burn up chart?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">burnup chart<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/visual-project-management\/\">visual representation<\/a> of your project\u2019s progress that highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The work completed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the total project work.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s an easy way for Agile project managers to track what\u2019s been completed against their total <a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/scope-of-work\/\">scope of work<\/a>.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This makes it easy to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">estimate<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> if things are going according to plan or not.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-how-do-you-read-a-burn-up-chart-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you read a burn up chart?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s an example of a good burn up chart:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img alt=\"burn up chart showing points and duration\" class=\"wp-image-7540\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"318\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" src=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/burnup-points.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/burnup-points.png 804w, https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/burnup-points-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/burnup-points-768x304.png 768w\" width=\"804\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s break it down<\/span>. A burn up chart shows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The quantity of work (your story points) represented on the vertical axis (y axis)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your total total project time (sprints) represented on the horizontal axis (x axis)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the two axes, there are two lines present in the burn up chart:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The green line is the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">completed work line<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and it represents the work your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">team <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has completed so far<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The grey line is the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">total work line<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and represents the total work you have to do (your project\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scope<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a closer look at both those lines:<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-a-completed-work-line-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A. Completed Work Line<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This line highlights the work your team has completed so far. Use it to identify how far off you are from completing a project. Remember, a project is complete when your work completed line meets your total work line.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also use it to chart how much work your<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> team<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> completed during each sprint (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iteration<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). This is an easy way to identify when your t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eam<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was most productive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your completed work line is also a good way to motivate your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">team <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by showing them <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how much<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> they\u2019ve already accomplished. It\u2019s a simple way to show them how much <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">effort <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">they need to put in to complete an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iteration<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3-b-total-work-line-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B. Total Work Line<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This line on the burn up chart represents your project\u2019s entire scope of work (your total project backlog).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As clients may add <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">backlog item<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s midway through your progress, this line could increase due to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/scope-creep\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scope creep<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> For example, in the burn up chart we highlighted earlier, the total work line moved up during the fifth<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> iteration.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This was likely due to the client adding some<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> backlog items<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at that stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, in rarer cases, your total work line may even go down if a client reduces the <a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/product-backlog-management-tools\/\">backlog items in your product<\/a> or sprint backlog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Don\u2019t count on this happening though!)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"4-how-do-burn-up-and-burn-down-charts-differ-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do burn up and burn down charts differ?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While burnup <\/span><b>and<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/resources\/software-teams\/agile-burndown-charts\">burndown charts<\/a> are both key to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/agile-project-management\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agile project management process<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they\u2019re not the same thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A burnup chart highlights the work you\u2019ve completed against your total <a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/project-scope\/\">project scope<\/a> while a burn down chart highlights the amount of work remaining in a project.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A burnup chart contains a work completed line and a project scope line. A burn down chart contains an ideal work remaining line and an actual work remaining line.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While they differ, burn up <\/span><b>and<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> burn down charts are both key to Agile project management process.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the ideal and actual work remaining lines in a burn down chart?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ideal work remaining line highlights how much work you\u2019d have left if a project progressed as <\/span><b>planned<\/b><b>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your actual work remaining line highlights the <\/span><b>actual<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> amount of work you have left. Comparing these two lines gives you an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">estimate <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of how far ahead or behind schedule you are.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"5-what-burn-up-charts-are-used-for-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Burn Up Charts are Used For:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Burn up charts are a good way to track how much you\u2019ve accomplished and keep a check on your project\u2019s scope<\/span> creep<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.codegiant.io\/burndown-charts-30dddb76251e\">Burndown charts<\/a> are used to identify how much work is left against the total time you set aside for a project<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"6-the-key-benefits-of-using-burn-up-charts-over-burn-down-charts-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Key Benefits Of Using Burn Up Charts Over Burn Down Charts<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Burndown charts come with two major issues:<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"7-1-a-burn-down-chart-relies-heavily-on-accurate-project-planning-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. A burn down chart relies heavily on accurate project planning<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As your ideal work remaining line is based on what you\u2019ve<\/span><b> planned<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, getting it right is essential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019ve underestimated the time a release would take, your release burn down chart will constantly put your project team behind schedule. Alternatively, if you\u2019ve overestimated the time your release plan will take, you\u2019ll constantly be ahead of schedule!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Burn up chart advantage<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As there are no <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">planned<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> estimates in burn up charts, you won\u2019t be facing this issue. All you need to do is accurately track your progress as you move on with a project.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"8-2-burndown-charts-don%E2%80%99t-keep-track-of-your-product-backlog-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Burndown charts don\u2019t keep track of your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">product backlog<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is another major issue with most <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">release burndown<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> charts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">release burndown chart<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> only reflects added <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">story points<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tasks<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are completed). It can\u2019t monitor a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scope change<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in case items were added to your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">product backlog<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during this time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This can make it difficult to determine if your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">release burndown<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> progress is:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Solely<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to adding <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">story points<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (work done) to your chart<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to actual progress in resolving <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">product backlog items<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">release burndown chart<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> might not correlate with actual <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">backlog<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">completion, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you could have an inaccurate <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">estimate <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of sprint progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This way, you could be completing work, but as your project\u2019s scope keeps increasing, you\u2019re not any closer to reaching your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">goal<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Burn up chart advantage<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a burnup charts include a line for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scope change<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they can give you accurate progress estimates even when<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> scope creep<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> happens. This guards against your burnup highlighting inaccurate <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">backlog<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">data<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, as the <\/span><\/i><b><i>uses<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for burnup and burndown charts differ \u2013 you\u2019ll still have to use both to adopt the <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agile methodology<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"9-how-burnup-charts-help-agile-project-management-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How Burnup charts help <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agile project management<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Burnup charts are an essential part of agile projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s how:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"10-a-keeps-track-of-what-you%E2%80%99ve-accomplished-with-each-sprint-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A. Keeps Track Of What You\u2019ve Accomplished With Each Sprint<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Burnup charts make it incredibly easy to track how your sprints are progressing. As your progress is marked <\/span><b>across <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sprints, you can see where you made the most progress and where things slowed down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This can also be very useful for<a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/scrum-team\/\"> Scrum teams<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scrum master<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can go over their burnups to see what went wrong and work on solutions with the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scrum team<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during their daily meetings!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"11-b-monitors-your-project-scope-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B. Monitors Your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Scope<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike other charts, burnup charts also monitor your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">project scope<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This gives you context when you\u2019re monitoring your<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> project progress<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, if a project is taking longer than expected, take a look at the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scope<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> line to see if there was a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scope change<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This would explain why you\u2019re behind schedule \u2013 even if nothing appeared to be going wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding your scope of work can be incredibly helpful when justifying delays to customers and other stakeholders. If a client is concerned about how long a project is taking, a product owner can highlight the deviation from the planned project path \u2013  which would explain the scope creep<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"12-what-is-the-best-burnup-chart-tool-for-agile-project-management-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the Best Burnup Chart Tool for Agile Project Management?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ClickUp is the best burn up chart tool for <a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/teams\/agile\">Agile project management<\/a> \u2013 create powerful burnup charts to help you keep up with your project\u2019s progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luckily, Agile methodology is <\/span><b>exactly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> what the ClickUp <a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/best-project-management-tools\/\">project management tool<\/a> was built for! Here\u2019s a quick glance at some of ClickUp\u2019s key project management features:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"13-1-burn-up-charts-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Burn up charts<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As we\u2019ve mentioned, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ClickUp can help you create a burn up chart to track your project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike some other burnup charts, ClickUp\u2019s charts are super easy to read and understand! This makes it perfect for clients and customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img alt=\"burnup project chart in clickup\" class=\"wp-image-7540\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"318\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" src=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/burnup-points.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/burnup-points.png 804w, https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/burnup-points-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/burnup-points-768x304.png 768w\" width=\"804\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>ClickUp\u2019s burn up chart is a Sprint widget in <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.clickup.com\/en\/articles\/3578082-dashboards\">ClickUp\u2019s Dashboard<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In ClickUp\u2019s burn up chart, the total amount of work to do (scope lines) is grey and the vertical axis represents <a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/agile-story-points\/\">Sprint points<\/a> (or story points).<\/p>\n<p>The green line represents the work completed over time (shown on the horizontal axis).<\/p>\n<p>Once you reach all work completed, the green line will intersect the grey line, signaling the projects completion.<\/p>\n<p>Add additional tasks to your project or Sprint, and you will see an increase in the grey line representing total amount of work to be done.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"14-how-do-you-create-a-burn-up-chart-in-clickup-\">How do you create a burn up chart in ClickUp? <\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>First, create or view a Dashboard<\/li>\n<li>Click on + Add a widget<\/li>\n<li>Select Sprint Widgets or search for the Burn up chart.<\/li>\n<li>Give your Burn up chart a name (this is optional, and you can rename it later!)<\/li>\n<li>Select the data and options for your Burn up chart<\/li>\n<li>Click Add Widget \ud83c\udf89<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, burnup charts aren\u2019t all that ClickUp gives you.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.clickup.com\/en\/articles\/3578082-dashboards\">ClickUp\u2019s Dashboard<\/a>, you can view other data for your projects all in one place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Widgets are the building blocks of each Dashboard and will help you get insights on:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sprints<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Docs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tables<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conversations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And more!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can even customize:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The <\/b><b>data<\/b><b> source of each widget:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">data <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from sprint lists or custom fields<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>The time period:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as a rolling 30 day period or a fixed range<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>The workload type:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as sprint capacity based on a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">story points<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"15-conclusion-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Burn up charts are one of the most helpful ways to keep track of your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agile<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> project\u2019s progress. 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