How do you calculate percent complete on an agile project?

Calculating the percent complete for a project requires knowing the total scope, and having estimates for remaining work. Agile generally has two types of release schedules; either the project will take as long as needed to complete the backlog, or the project is working towards a target date and will complete as much of the backlog as possible in that time frame. In either case, calculating the percent complete requires knowing the velocity.

Steps

1. Add up the total number of story points to get to the next major release or milestone.
2. Add up the number of story points completed so far.
3. Percent Complete = Completed Story Points / Total Story Points.

Assumptions

• No additional stories will be added to the scope for the release.
• No further work will be discovered.
• There are no roadblocks.
• There is no dark matter.

References

• https://itsadeliverything.com/reporting-percentage-complete-on-an-agile-project
• https://www.scaledagileframework.com/Metrics/
• https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/17689/how-to-measure-percentage-complete-on-an-agile-project