Using Cumulative Flow Diagrams in User Education

This post provides a practical example of using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to generate Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFDs) for tracking work in progress within a Scrum development process. It details the structure of the spreadsheet with Backlog, CFD, and Stats worksheets, explains how the ScrumMaster updates it daily, and highlights the benefits of CFDs for visualizing bottlenecks and measuring team capacity. It also offers guidance on creating and customizing CFDs in Excel and discusses potential integration with Visual Studio Team System.