What Burndown Charts Miss About Real Software Delivery

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Burndown charts may satisfy stakeholders, but they often fail to capture the nonlinear reality of software development.
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This article argues that common software-delivery metrics such as burndown charts, velocity tracking, and percentage-complete estimates misrepresent how software is actually built. Because development is exploratory, nonlinear, and shaped by discovery, the author contends that demos, narratives, and shipped outcomes provide a more accurate picture of progress than process metrics designed primarily for reporting and stakeholder communication