A cumulative flow diagram (CFD) is a powerful tool for managing projects that shows how work moves through a project over time in a visual way. It is often used in agile and lean software development to track how work is going and find where the process is slowing down.
The CFD shows the amount of work in progress (WIP) over time, from when the project started to when it was finished. It is basically a stacked area chart that shows how much work is in each stage of the process, such as the backlog, development, testing, and deployment.
The time is shown on the horizontal axis of the CFD, and the amount of work in progress is shown on the vertical axis. Each section of the chart shows a step in the process, and the height of each section shows how much work is being done at that stage at a certain time.
The CFD is a useful tool for project managers and teams because it helps them find bottlenecks in the process and make changes to the workflow to make it run more smoothly. By keeping an eye on how work moves through a project, teams can make decisions based on facts and improve their overall output.
Usage
It is used in project monitoring and control
