How do I chart cycle time, throughput and aging work?

Open Layout in a chart view’s toolbar and set the fields below. Cycle time and Cycle time end date are a duration measure’s fields, listed under Status history.

Cycle time histogram

1. Set Chart type to Bar and the Y-axis to Count (items).
2. Set the X-axis to Cycle time.

Throughput per week

1. Set Chart type to Bar and the Y-axis to Count (items).
2. Set the X-axis to Cycle time end date.
3. Set Group dates by to Week.

Cycle time scatter

1. Set Chart type to Scatter.
2. Set the X-axis to Cycle time end date and the Y-axis to Cycle time.
3. To show only recent work, filter the view on Cycle time end date.

Aging work in progress

1. Filter the view to items that are not finished.
2. Set Chart type to Scatter.
3. Set the X-axis to Status and the Y-axis to Time in Status.

A reopened item leaves the throughput count until it is finished again, because its measure has no end until then. See How duration measures work.

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