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Agile EVM

Agile EVM is an adaptation of the traditional project management practice of measuring actual value of integrated cost, schedule, and scope against a baseline plan using Earned Value Management (EVM) metrics. The methods of measurement have been adapted to easily fit within the Scrum project management framework.
Source code is available: Agile EVM source code
For information on Agile EVM calculations, see:
Agile EVM

Use the Agile EVM App

To provide valuable results, your agile team should do the following:
  • The project should have at least one release.
  • Developers must consistently populate the Actuals field on all their tasks.
  • All release stories should have their Planned Estimate field populated during release planning.
  • Iterations are required for the release you are reporting on.
The app assumes the following default values:
  • Blended hourly rate for an employee: Default = $50/hour.
  • Ratio between story points and task hours: Default = 5.
  • Variance for Green, Yellow, and Red indicators: Default = 5.
Changing the variance value results in the following percentage change to the variance indicator:
  • Variance of 5: >95% green, 85% to 94% yellow, < 84% red
  • Variance of 10: >90% green, 80% to 89% yellow, < 79% red

Change Agile EVM Default Values

You can change the default values by editing the app's global variables.
To change the default values:
  1. Create a custom page.
  2. Add a Custom HTML app to the custom page.
  3. Copy the code from the Agile EVM app in the
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     app catalog to the newly created Custom HTML app and edit the following variables in the Global Variables section of the code:
    • Billable_rate: Blended hourly rate for an employee.
    • Multiplier: Number of hours in an ideal developer day. For example, if a story point is equivalent to five hours of developer work, the multiplier is 5.
    • baseVar: Variance for green, yellow, and red indicators. Options are limited to 5 or 10.