TUNLEY ENGINEERING

An Introduction to Burndown Charts

An Introduction to Burndown Charts

Burndown Charts (in Tunley Engineering’s opinion) are the most powerful tool in a modern NPI Engineer’s toolbox, they are the weapon for accelerating NPI.

This course will provide an overview of Burndown charts and enable the attendee to be able to construct, build and use Burndown charts for Project Management.

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WHAT ARE BURNDOWN CHARTS?

Representation of remaining work and required time

A burn down chart is a graphical representation of work left to do versus time. The outstanding work (or backlog) is often on the vertical axis, with time along the horizontal.

 

Burn down charts are a run chart of outstanding work. It is useful for predicting when all of the work will be completed. Burn down charts can be applied to any project containing measurable progress over time.

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COURSE STRUCTURE

The course is broken down into three 1-hour Webinar sessions, an overview follows:

SESSION 1

  • Introduction to the course
  • Introduction to burndown charts and their applications
  • Interpretation of a Burndown Chart
  • Backlog or NPI Register:
    Task Descriptions
    Definition of done
    Task owner
  • Estimating lead times:
    Fibonacci sequence
    Team based estimation
    Engineer based estimation
  • Lead time confidence-based buffers
  • Lead time size-based buffers
  • Engineering utilisation in Burndown Charts
  • Summary and Q&A

SESSION 2

  • Tunley Engineering case study of using a Burndown Chart to recover a failing / struggling NPI
  • Summary and Q&A

SESSION 3

  • Worked example, a Burndown Chart will be built and demonstrated live
  • Review of successful Burndown Chart Management methods
  • What must be done everyday
  • Ensuring your team are invested in the process
  • Daily stand-up meeting
  • Summary and Q&A

Tunley Engineering will issue course notes to all Attendees prior to the training, questions during the Webinar training can be submitted through the live chat and or via email.

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I am currently on my first run of ladder in management in the manufacturing industry, I found the root cause analysis session a great tool to have learnt, the learning was delivered in a confident approach, and the content was well thought out and structured and no question was overlooked, not only did I get an insight into problem solving, but a lesson in how to deliver in a confident and professional approach without being too ambiguous.
James CollinsManufacturing Team Leader, Optima Systems
James Collins


Tunley Engineering has delivered a thorough review of our Engineering process and performance in a very short period of time with the key steps identified that we need to take in order to move our team to the next level. Our Engineering function is critical to ensuring we deliver what our customer needs, on time and to the highest standards – our work with Tunley Engineering is part of our continuous improvement strategy for this area of our business.
Louise HazelManaging Director, IPU Group Ltd
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Tunley Engineering is a great way to sharpen any engineering team, whether they are part of a massive corporate structure or a smaller team. Their method of instruction strays far from the dry methods of old, in which you are simply spoken to and not engaged. With Tunley Engineering, the teaching process is much more interactive with lessons being structured more like workshops than university-style classrooms.
Jordan PulidoProject Engineer II, Ausco Inc
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We hired Tunley to help debug our engineering processes and to improve delivery time for our custom engineered systems. William Beer took the time to do a thorough survey of our existing engineering activities and was able to quickly understand the nature of our processes. He recommended changes that were easy to implement and which gave us immediate positive results.
Thomas MeeCEO, Mee Industries Inc.
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