Agile Analytics · Azure DevOps

How Agile Analytics works

This page explains how to install, access, configure, and use Agile Analytics inside Azure DevOps. It covers project and team selection, WIP rules, every analytics view, the AI assistant, and answers common setup questions.

Install from MarketplaceView product page
Platform
Azure DevOps
Permissions
Read-only
Data egress
None
Setup time
Under 2 min

Getting started

1

Install from the Visual Studio Marketplace

Go to the Visual Studio Marketplace and search for "Agile Analytics" or click the Install button above. You must be an Azure DevOps organization administrator to install extensions. The installation takes under a minute and requires no external webhooks, API keys, or additional configuration.

2

Open Agile Analytics in Azure DevOps

After installation, navigate to your Azure DevOps organization. Agile Analytics appears as a hub in the left sidebar under Boards. Click it to open the full-screen analytics workspace. If you do not see it, ask your organization administrator to confirm the extension is installed and that you have been granted access.

3

Select your project and team

Use the project picker at the top of the screen to choose any Azure DevOps project. Then use the team picker to select a specific team board. Sprint data and work items load automatically. You can switch teams or projects at any time without losing any configuration.

4

Configure WIP rules (optional)

To get the most out of WIP Monitor and Flow Analytics, set WIP limits for each workflow stage in the WIP Rules panel. Navigate to Settings in the left sidebar and open WIP Rules. Define a per-stage limit for each column in your team's board. These limits are saved per team and persist across sessions.

5

Explore your analytics

Use the left sidebar to navigate between analytics views. Each view is designed for a specific persona — Sprint Summary and Live Stats for Scrum Masters, Flow Analytics and WIP Monitor for Engineering Managers, Multi-Team views for Delivery Leads, and the AI Assistant for coaching conversations and retrospective preparation.

Accessing the app

Agile Analytics is an Azure DevOps hub extension — it opens as a full-screen view inside Azure DevOps, not a pop-up or external tab.

  • In your Azure DevOps organization, open a project and click Boards in the left navigation.
  • Select Agile Analytics from the Boards section of the sidebar.
  • Use the project and team pickers at the top to select your team's board. Sprint data loads automatically.
  • Navigate between analytics views using the left sidebar menu.

Analytics views

The app includes analytics views organized into five categories by role.

Sprint Overview

Scrum Masters & Team Leads
Dashboard
The primary workspace. Shows sprint health KPIs, completion percentage, WIP count, days remaining, an inline Monte Carlo forecast, a velocity mini chart, and a role-based playbook with tailored guidance for Scrum Masters, Engineering Managers, Agile Coaches, and Delivery Leads.
Sprint Summary
A clean summary of the sprint goal, iteration start and end dates, work item counts, story points, priority mix, and issue type breakdowns. Designed for stakeholder reporting and sprint review meetings. Can be shared or printed as a single-page report.
Live Stats
Real-time counts of done, in-progress, and to-do items broken down by story points and work item type. Includes a team matrix and flagged item alerts for blocked or unassigned work.
Delivery Signals
Key delivery health indicators including throughput, sprint reliability, carryover risk, average cycle time, flow efficiency, blocked items, and unassigned work.

Flow Analytics

Engineering Managers
WIP Monitor
Lane-by-lane utilization cards showing current work-in-progress against your configured WIP limits. Each lane shows a health badge: healthy, near limit, or over limit. Use the WIP Rules panel in Settings to configure limits per workflow stage.
Flow Metrics
Daily throughput sparkline, rolling average, status distribution donut chart, and flow efficiency ratio. Tracks the system's output and waste over time.
Cumulative Flow Diagram
Stacked-area chart showing work items in each workflow stage over time. Includes a snapshot data table for historical comparison.
Aging & Blocked
Lane-by-lane grid showing how many days each item has spent in its current status, stage history chips, and age bucket groupings. Identifies stalled and potentially blocked work at a glance.
Cycle Time
Log-scale scatter plot showing cycle time for completed items with p50, p75, and p85 percentile reference lines. Includes a sortable table for drilling into individual work items.
Monte Carlo Forecasting
Probabilistic delivery forecasting using 10,000 simulation runs based on your team's throughput history. Shows p50 to p85 confidence ranges and a velocity history table for calibration.

Multi-Team

Delivery Leads & Program Managers
Multi-Team Scope
Cross-team view showing work type breakdown and completion rates grouped by work item type. Useful for Scrum-of-Scrums and program-level visibility across multiple Azure DevOps teams.
Multi-Team Aging
Age distribution buckets across teams with per-assignee visibility of the oldest item in each bucket. Use this view to identify process bottlenecks across multiple teams in the same project. Teams with chronic aging spikes often indicate upstream dependencies or unclear acceptance criteria.
Team Leaderboard
Medal cards and a ranked table comparing teams by throughput, active work count, story points, and completion rate. Useful for cross-team performance reviews and program health reporting.
Feature Analytics
Epic-level sprint tracking with progress bars, current status, completion rate, and unepiced item visibility. Tracks business feature delivery across iterations and teams. Helps Delivery Leads answer "which epics are on track?" at a glance.

AI Assistant

Coaches, Scrum Masters & Retrospectives
AI Assistant
An AI-powered coaching and analytics assistant that answers natural-language questions about your sprint data. Ask questions like "Why is our cycle time trending up?" or "Which items are most at risk?" and receive contextual, data-grounded answers. The assistant has read-only access to your current sprint and flow metrics — it does not send data outside Azure DevOps.
Agile Report
AI-style coaching signals that surface health flags, WIP issues, stalled work, and velocity trends. Produces a readable narrative suitable for coaching conversations and sprint retrospectives.
Retro Snapshot
A pre-built retrospective summary generated from sprint data. Shows what went well, what could improve, and produces copy-ready text for retrospective meetings.

Tools

Operations & Administration
User Metrics
Per-contributor done, active, and to-do counts with story point totals, work item mix, and flagged work. Supports fair workload distribution conversations.
Audit Trail
A chronological log of all configuration changes with the action taken, detail, user, and timestamp. Useful for governance and troubleshooting.
Settings
Configure WIP limits per workflow stage, map custom board columns to analytics categories, and manage your license key. Settings are saved per team and persist across sessions.

Technical specifications

Platform
Azure DevOps (cloud and on-premises)
Extension type
Azure DevOps hub extension
Permissions
Read-only access to work items, boards, and iterations
Data storage
Azure DevOps extension storage (WIP rules and settings only)
External network calls
None — no data leaves Azure DevOps
Frontend
React 18 with inline SVG charts
Process templates
Agile, Scrum, CMMI, and custom inherited
Theme
Adapts to Azure DevOps light and dark themes

Common questions

Do I need to be an Azure DevOps admin to install?
Yes, installing extensions from the Visual Studio Marketplace requires Azure DevOps organization administrator permissions. Once installed, organization admins can grant access to specific users or groups from the Extensions management page.
Which Azure DevOps process templates are supported?
Agile Analytics works with all Azure DevOps process templates: Agile, Scrum, CMMI, and custom inherited processes. Work item types and workflow states are read dynamically from your board configuration.
Does the extension send any data outside of Azure DevOps?
No. Agile Analytics reads work item and sprint data directly from the Azure DevOps REST API within your organization. No data is sent to external servers. The AI Assistant processes queries using your sprint data in-memory and does not transmit data to third-party AI providers.
How do I start the free trial?
Install from the Visual Studio Marketplace. Your 30-day free trial starts automatically on the first install — no credit card required. You will see a countdown banner inside the extension as the trial period approaches its end.
How do I activate my license key?
Open Agile Analytics inside Azure DevOps, go to Settings in the left sidebar, open License, paste the key from your purchase confirmation email, and click Activate.
How do I set up WIP rules?
Navigate to Settings in the left sidebar and select WIP Rules. Set a numeric WIP limit for each workflow stage on your team's board. Once configured, the WIP Monitor view will show a health badge (healthy, near limit, or over limit) for each lane. WIP limits are saved per team.
Can I use the extension across multiple teams in the same project?
Yes. Use the team picker at the top of the screen to switch between any team in your Azure DevOps project. Each team's WIP rules and settings are stored independently.
I need help. How do I contact support?
Email support@baytekdev.com. Support is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM Pacific Time.

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