The options to evaluate the targets against the chart data are listed under the ‘Target’ section. Following one are for the “Performance Objectives gadget” and down below you may find the respective for the ‘Performance Trend’ gadget.
Result options on Performance Objectives gadget
Please find details for each of the options below:
Full metric data
Shows overall % of target completion against full metric data loaded on the chart. The default target presentation available for all Target types.
Per x-axis item
Shows % of completion at the top of each x-Axis item. Available for all target types.
Burn Up
Option convenient for project planing and release progress tracking.
Burn Down
Option convenient for Budget or Agile sprints tracking
Moving Average
Re-calculates the arithmetic mean of accumulated metric with each x-axis item. Available only for ‘% of Avg’ target type.
Per x-axis item (% Change)
Same icon as the above is used to present the ‘Per x-axis item’ in ‘% Change’ because it is closer to expected outcome. The ‘% Change’ target type does not support ‘Moving Average’ presentation of the target results.
Result options on Performance Trend gadget
Options to evaluate target against chart data on the ‘Performance Trend’ gadget
Please find details for each of the options below:
Full metric data
Shows overall % of target completion against full metric data loaded on the chart on Performance Trend gadget. The default target presentation available for all Target types.
Per x-axis item
Shows % of completion at the top of each x-Axis item on Performance Trend gadget.
Burn Up
Option convenient for project planing and release progress tracking on Performance Trend gadget.
Burn Down
Option convenient for Budget or Agile sprints tracking on Performance Trend gadget.
Moving Average
Re-calculates the arithmetic mean of accumulated metric with each x-axis item. Available only for ‘% of Avg’ target type.
Per x-axis item (% Change)
Same icon as the above is used to present the ‘Per x-axis item’ in ‘% Change’ because it is closer to expected outcome. The ‘% Change’ target type does not support ‘Moving Average’ presentation of the target results.
Positive & Negative Results
Exceeding target might be seen as positive or negative depending on the particular target definition.
Positive Target
The default target result presentation. Exceeding the target is assessed as good thing.
Negative Target
For example target based on the number of defects or the time for first response of support request might be seen as a negative. Exceeding of which is assessed as Bad thing.