In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a burndown chart in Excel and discuss what each line shows in regard to scheduling and meeting deadlines. Download the demo files.

Burndown charts are commonly used in software development, ... For example, a project may have 30 days until the deadline, with 40 tasks to complete. The vertical axis ...

Reading a basic sprint burndown chart. Burndown charts usually have time across the x-axis and estimates on the y-axis. Many teams estimate in story points, but many agile tools can chart ...