<h1>Iteration status key</h1>

The iteration status page displays the stories and tasks currently allocated to that particular interation.

Stories are displayed in the order in which they are to be developed, with the original story estimate following the story name. The story is initially displayed with a green background, which changes to white once the story has been successfully acceptance tested.

Tasks within a story are displayed in the order in which they are to be developed, initially with a pink background, which changes to white as each task is completed. Tasks are considered complete once their estimate until completion is 0 days. Additional resources put on a task are indicated by their estimate being zero. The smallest unit of metric is half a day.

The following example shows a story originally estimated at 9 days, which after being broken down into tasks, was estimated at 7.5 days. The story has not yet been acceptance tested. _NOTE: The figures are bullshit. I made them up to make me look like a superstar!_

<table border="1">
<tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
<th align="left">Story (orig. story estimate) / Tasks </th><th>Estimate<br>(days)</th><th>Who</th><th>Elapsed<br>(days)</th><th>To do<br>(days)</th><th>Status</th></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#99FF99">
		  <td>
			 TextUIStory
			 (9)
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 <b>7.5</b>
		  </td>
		  <td>
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 <b>5</b>
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 <b>0.5</b>
		  </td>
		  <td nowrap>
			 In progress
		  </td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
		  <td>
			 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Document command language
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 1
		  </td>
		  <td> Main.PeterSmith
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 0.5
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
		  </td>
		  <td nowrap>
		  </td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
		  <td>
			 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;UI gets input lines, buffers
			 and when told, passes input buffer to the compiler
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 1
		  </td>
		  <td>
			 Main.FredJones 
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 1
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
		  </td>
		  <td nowrap>
		  </td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
		  <td>
			 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;XML schema for input and output
			 to/from compiler
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 2
		  </td>
		  <td>
			 Main.BradleyTraner 
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 1.5
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
		  </td>
		  <td nowrap>
		  </td>
		</tr>
		<tr bgcolor="#FFCCCC">
		  <td>
			 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compiler : Parse commands from
			 input buffer
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 2
		  </td>
		  <td> Main.NigelBilltok 
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 0
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
		  </td>
		  <td nowrap>In progress
		  </td>
		</tr>
		<tr bgcolor="#FFCCCC">
		  <td>
			 &nbsp;
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 0
		  </td>
		  <td> Main.FredJones</a> 
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 0.5
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">1
		  </td>
		  <td nowrap>In progress
		  </td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
		  <td>
			 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compiler : Support for help modules
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 0.5
		  </td>
		  <td> Main.NigelBilltok 
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 0
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
		  </td>
		  <td nowrap>
		  </td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
		  <td>
			 &nbsp;
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 0.5
		  </td>
		  <td> Main.FredJones
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 0.5
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
		  </td>
		  <td nowrap>
		  </td>
		</tr>
		<tr bgcolor="#FFCCCC">
		  <td>
			 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compiler : Generate XML for
			 output
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 0.5
		  </td>
		  <td> Main.NigelBilltok 
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 0
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
		  </td>
		  <td nowrap>
			 Waiting
		  </td>
		</tr>
		<tr bgcolor="#FFCCCC">
		  <td>
			 &nbsp;
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 0.5
		  </td>
		  <td> Main.FredJones 
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 0
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 0.5
		  </td>
		  <td nowrap>
			 Waiting
		  </td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
		  <td>
			 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Transmit XML to archive
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 0.5
		  </td>
		  <td> Main.NigelBilltok 
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
			 1
		  </td>
		  <td align="center">
		  </td>
		  <td nowrap>
		  </td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
		  <td colspan="6">
			 &nbsp;
		  </td>
		</tr>
	 </table>

The first task was estimated by Peter to be 1 day, and it was completed in half a day.

The second task was estimated by Fred to be 1 day, and was completed in a day.

The third task was estimated by Bradley to be two days, and it took him a day and a half.

Task four, the first "Compiler" task, was estimated at two days by Nigel. Nigel ended spending no time, and the task was reassigned to Fred, who has spent half a day, and estimates a day to day. Nigel itends to longer work on the task, so he estimates that he has no more time required to be spent on the task.

The last two "Compiler" tasks, tasks five and six, were estimated by Nigel and Fred as half a day each. Task five took Fred half a day, and is now complete. Task six has not yet started.

The final task was estimated by Nigel as half a day, it actually took a day, and is complete.

-- Main.PeterSmith - 27 Mar 2001 <br>
