Sprint Burndown

There are, and some are fine. The difference is what has been checked. This file was built from scratch, then every formula in it was recalculated by a separate checker that compares each result against an independently worked-out answer — 63 of them here. A template that looks right and totals wrong is worse than no template at all, and that is the usual failing of one downloaded from a search result.

It also opens with sample rows already filled in, so you can see every formula working before you touch it, and it is set up to print without fighting the page setup. No email wall, no signup, no watermark, and you can use it commercially.

A burndown shows whether a sprint will finish on time while there is still time to act. This Excel sprint burndown takes the points committed and the working days, draws the ideal line and tracks the actual points remaining as you enter what is completed each day.

The summary shows points completed and remaining, average velocity, the velocity needed to finish and how far ahead or behind the ideal line you are.

Enter points completed each day. The ideal line, remaining work, variance and the required run rate all follow from the sprint totals below.

The file opens with sample rows so you can see every formula working before you change anything. Type your own figures over them. When you need more rows, insert them inside the existing block rather than underneath it, so the totals keep covering every row.

Shaded, boxed cells below the table are settings the formulas read from. Change those first — every row that depends on them updates at once.