Multiple Sprints Overview- Lead Time and Cycle Time

[Thippanahalli Ranganathaiah]

Average cycle time

This chart displays the average cycle time in days for issues completed in the sprints. The cycle time is only calculated for completed issues.

Average lead time

This chart displays the average lead time in days for issues completed in the sprints. The lead time is only calculated for completed issues.

Help me understand ,  cycle time is calculated from the day story is created till its completed or Marked Done ?

Lead Time - it track the time when the story moved to In progress state till its marked completed ?

[Danut M _StonikByte_]

Hi @Thippanahalli Ranganathaiah,

The short definitions of these two key metrics are: 

• Cycle Time = the processing time from the team's perspective
• Lead Time = the processing time from the customer's perspective.   

So it's the other way around, if I look at the definitions in your post. I haven't checked in Atlassian Analytics, but it most likely follows the standard definitions of these metrics.

If you can't figure it out, you can try other good alternatives, such as, for example, our Great Gadgets app, which offers all the gadgets you need to track process indicators. More details in these articles:

• https://community.atlassian.com/forums/App-Central-articles/How-to-measure-Cycle-Time-and-Lead-Time-in-Jira-or-Confluence/ba-p/2841286
• https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-articles/Building-a-powerful-Kanban-dashboard-in-Jira-with-Great-Gadgets/ba-p/1664331

Danut.