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Sprint Analytics articles for Azure DevOps buyers
Use this hub to move from educational reading into feature evaluation, pricing comparison, and install readiness for the problems most associated with sprint analytics.
October 26, 2026 • 8 min read
Azure DevOps Story Points: Where They Live, How They Add Up, What Goes Wrong
Only the Agile process has a field called Story Points: Scrum calls it Effort and CMMI calls it Size. Here is where each lives, why tasks carry hours instead, and the four built-in ways to add points up.
Read article →October 26, 2026 • 9 min read
Azure DevOps Velocity Chart: How It's Calculated and How to Read It
The Azure DevOps velocity chart shows how much work a team finished in each past sprint. Here are Microsoft's rules for each bar, the seven reasons velocity looks wrong, and how to check the chart yourself.
Read article →March 19, 2026 • 3 min read
Sprint Summary Cards Now Fully Support Azure DevOps Dark Mode
In 3.7.2, all Sprint Summary metric tiles, breakdown cards, team card headers, and state panels are now correctly themed for the Azure DevOps dark colour scheme. No more light-on-dark clash in your sprint views.
Read article →March 19, 2026 • 3 min read
Sprint Scope Change Now Shows "—" Before the Commitment Lock Is Reached
Two edge cases in the Sprint Summary commitment lock (end of Day 2) have been fixed in 3.7.2. The scope change tile no longer shows a false +1 before Day 2 ends, and the removed-items panel no longer shows items that were removed before the lock was set.
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