Methods and systems for performing project schedule forecasting

A system for performing project schedule forecasting based on stored project data, the system comprising:

• memory;
• a display;
• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more programs stored in the memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including:
• instructions to receive a first user input selecting a first plurality of work items in a project, respective work items of the first plurality of work items having respective work estimates;
• instructions to receive a second user input specifying one or more first work item attributes including a first team or a first historical period of time, the one or more first work item attributes referencing historical work completion data associated with the first team or the first historical period of time, wherein
• the first historical period of time specifies a complete iteration or a complete product release in an agile software development process during which the project and the plurality of work items are being developed;
• instructions to determine, using a statistical metric, a first historical rate of work completion in accordance with the historical work completion data associated with the first team or the first historical period of time, wherein the
• statistical metric includes at least one of:
• a first group including an average velocity, a highest velocity, and a lowest velocity associated with the first team, and
• a second group including an average velocity, a highest velocity, and a lowest velocity associated with the first historical period of time;
• instructions to calculate an estimated time of completion of the first plurality of work items in accordance with the first historical rate of work completion;
• and
• instructions to provide the estimated time of completion of the first plurality of work items for display.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by a computer system to perform project schedule forecasting based on stored project data, the one or more programs comprising:

• instructions to receive a first user input selecting a first plurality of work items in a project, respective work items of the first plurality of work items having respective work estimates;
• instructions to receive a second user input specifying one or more first work item attributes including a first team or a first historical period of time, the one or more first work item attributes referencing historical work completion data associated with the first team or the first historical period of time, wherein
• the first historical period of time specifies a complete iteration or a complete product release in an agile software development process during which the project and the plurality of work items are being developed;
• instructions to determine, using a statistical metric, a first historical rate of work completion in accordance with the historical work completion data associated with the first team or the first historical period of time, wherein the
• statistical metric includes at least one of:
• a first group including an average velocity, a highest velocity, and a lowest velocity associated with the first team, and
• a second group including an average velocity, a highest velocity, and a lowest velocity associated with the first historical period of time;
• instructions to calculate an estimated time of completion of the first plurality of work items in accordance with the first historical rate of work completion;
• and
• instructions to provide the estimated time of completion of the first plurality of work items for display.