As a team who uses and monitors the Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD) extensively,

We would like for the CFD report tool to include a toggle that starts the diagram from zero

So that it's easier to analyze the flow when there are many completed items.

Background

When there are many issues listed in the bottom most band in the graph, the CFD becomes unreadible as all other bands become very narrow and the vertical movement of the bands may not be very apparent.  Eliminating all issues that move into the bottom most status in the CFD prior to the start of the CFD will effectively reduce the graphed issues and make the graph more useful.

Currently our team is able to get this behavior by using a quickfilter but it is cumbersome as you must adjust the quickfilter whenever the report date range is changed.

This is what the CFD looks like today:

This is what it would look like with this feature implemented and enabled:

 

Acceptance Criteria

• Include a checkbox in the CFD tool labeled "Exclude already resolved issues"
  • When the checkbox is checked, limit the issue set being reported with the following additional JQL:
    • AND ((status != <Right most status that's toggled>) or (status=<Right most status that's toggled> and status changed after <start date of the graph's range>))
    • e.g. if the final status tracked is "Done" and we start the graph in Jan 1, 2016 the JQL would be: AND ((status = Done and status changed after 01-01-2016) or status != Done)
  • When the checkbox is not checked, the CFD should behave as it does today