Agile Analytics rollout in 7 days.

Why a 7-day plan.

Most analytics rollouts stall in week three because nobody owns the calibration step. By scoping to seven days you force decision-makers to commit early, which is when calibration is cheap.

This sequence assumes Agile Analytics for Azure DevOps. The same shape works for the Jira variant.

The seven days.

• Day 1 · InstallADO MARKETPLACE · ORG ADMIN
• Day 2 · Pick the source1–2 PROJECTS · NOT ALL OF THEM
• Day 3 · Calibrate work typesSTORY · BUG · TASK CONSISTENT
• Day 4 · First cycle-time viewBUILD WITH ONE SQUAD
• Day 5 · Sprint review integrationADD TO EXISTING AGENDA
• Day 6 · Forecast a real releaseMONTE CARLO ON OPEN BACKLOG
• Day 7 · Ship to leadershipONE-PAGE WEEKLY DIGEST

Common mistakes.

Trying to onboard every team in week one. Pick the squad with the cleanest workflow and prove the pattern there. Roll out from a working example, not a slide deck.

Mixing team and executive dashboards. Team-level views are for unblocking. Executive views are for trade-offs. Same numbers, different framing.

Changing metric definitions mid-quarter. Lock cycle-time start/end states for the whole quarter. Re-calibrate at quarter boundaries only.

Related reading.