How to Correctly Read the

Different Cycle Time Charts:

1. Scatter Plot
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tively
2. Histogram

3. Heat Map

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1. Scatter Plot

- The horizontal axis is a timeline


- The vertical axis represents the cycle time in days

- Each spot on the scatter plot represents a “done” task on a given date

- The horizontal percentile lines indicate what is the probability 


(95%, 85%, 70%) that you finish a task in a given cycle time (or faster)

From this scatter plot we read out there is 95% probability to complete a task in
4 days or less

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2. Histogram

- The horizontal axis is the cycle time in days


- The vertical axis is the number of workitems in the period

- The important part of the chart is its tail. The longer the tail,
t the less predictable your estimations will be

From this histogram we read out 50% of the tasks in the

selected period were completed in 1 day

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3. Heat Map
- The horizontal axis
inrepresents the stages of
inyour workflow

- The vertical axis shows the
iydifferent task types

- The chart shows you where

yttasks get stuck

- It helps you spot if there is a

ucertain stage of your
uworkflow that is becoming a
ubottleneck

From this heat map we read

out that the “Ready for review”
work stage is a bottleneck for
certain taks types

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