RE: [Xplanner-devel] exceeding estimations

[Steve B. <st...@xp...>]

>From: Sheldon Conaty [mailto:sc...@ne...]
>   So in short, my preference would be:
>
>Open tasks: work as they currently do with blue bar moving toward 100%.
>Closed tasks: work as in previous releases. Green bar with red section
showing overrun.

Sheldon, Martin, and John,

This makes sense to me. What about tasks that complete earlier than
estimated? If I
remember correctly, we showed those with green/gray segments.

In previous discussions we've referred to the current view as the "remaining
time
view" and the previous view as the "accuracy view". Another option would be
to have
to completely separate view of the iterations status, but the hybrid view
sounds
interesting. The idea behind the 100% green bar when a task is done was to
minimize
the noise when a manager is quickly glancing at the iteration page to get a
status.
The more colors, the more difficult it is to visually assess the status
quickly.

My perspective is that XPlanner is an experiment in progress. If there is a
desire
to have the hybrid view I'm willing to try it. However, I'd like to know
what you
think about the idea of two separate views. One would be focussed on current
iteration
status (the remaining time view) and the other would be most useful for
iteration
retrospectives (the accuracy view). The accuracy information could also be
shown in
some new charts/statistics.

Steve