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The Initiative burnup chart is a real-time forecasting tool to work with Initiatives or any custom issue type hierarchy. It helps teams track progress and forecast when work will be completed in various scenarios.
Break down progress by any Jira field, such as team, assignee, or status. The Agile Burnup Burndown Charts gadget adapts to any hierarchy configuration and provides always-up-to-date insights without requiring manual updates.
✅ Product manager: I need to forecast initiative completion based on current team velocity and backlog size, so I can commit to realistic delivery dates when planning a product release using the Initiative burnup report in Jira dashboard.
✅ Delivery Manager: I want to see progress broken down by team or component, so I can use the Initiative burnup graph in Jira to detect delays or coordination issues early when managing cross-team initiatives.
✅ Team Lead: I need to estimate if we’ll finish on time. By using the Initiative burnup chart, I can model different velocity scenarios and instantly see how they impact our forecast. This helps me prepare contingency plans or request scope adjustments early, based on real data rather than guesswork.
The forecasting feature in the Initiative burnup chart gives teams multiple ways to project future delivery based on real progress and velocity trends. It includes three automatic forecast scenarios to help you understand the best-case, worst-case, and most probable timelines without any manual setup:
For deeper planning, the chart also offers custom what-if scenarios:
Custom scenarios appear instantly on the chart, helping you evaluate outcomes in real time.
Customize how initiative progress is visualized. Filter the scope by Epics, Releases, or any custom JQL filter, allowing you to focus on exactly the subset of work that matters for your context.
The date range for the initiative-level burnup chart is configurable, with options like last 30 days, last 3/6/12 months, or custom date ranges. Choose how data is grouped over time: daily, weekly, or monthly, depending on the level of granularity you need for tracking trends or reporting progress.
You can choose any estimation field (such as Story Points, time estimates, or custom numeric fields) to measure progress and configure which statuses count as done, ensuring the burnup report for initiative accurately reflects your team’s actual workflow. This makes the chart highly adaptable across teams and projects.
Click on any interval (1️⃣) in the Initiative burnup chart to see a detailed breakdown (2️⃣) of the scope exactly as it was during that specific time period. This snapshot view groups progress by any Jira field you choose (3️⃣) (e.g., assignee, team, status), providing an accurate historical perspective.
The detailed issue list below displays all issues within the selected interval, along with their estimates, statuses, assignees, and any custom fields. This allows you to analyze actual progress and changes within the context of the viewed timeframe.
The Initiative burnup chart can be easily exported in multiple formats: CSV, PNG, and PDF. Exporting as CSV enables you to extract the raw data underlying the chart for in-depth analysis or integration with other reporting tools.
This flexibility is especially useful for teams that need to communicate progress outside Jira, archive snapshots for historical records, or collaborate with stakeholders who prefer offline or static reports.
Unlike native Jira charts, which do not support Initiatives or any higher-level issue type hierarchies, our Initiative burnup chart is specifically designed to work with Initiatives and any custom Jira hierarchy. Jira’s built-in burnup charts are limited to sprint boards and focus only on issues within those sprints, making them unsuitable for tracking progress across large initiatives or multi-level hierarchies.
Our chart fills this gap by enabling progress visualization and forecasting across multiple issue levels while supporting backlog growth, what-if scenarios, and flexible filtering on your Jira Dashboard.
Use our examples to build your use cases on the Jira dashboard.
Both Jira apps (plugins) used in these examples have a 30-day free trial and are completely free for teams under 10 people:
Initiative burnup chart is part of the Agile Reports and Gadgets app, which also includes many other reporting tools and charts.
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