Burnup Chart

Like a burndown chart but tracking completed work trending up — and it also shows if scope itself increased mid-sprint.

In practice: Better than burndown for spotting scope creep, since a rising scope line is visible instead of hidden inside a moving target.

• often confused with Burndown ChartBoth track sprint progress, but burnup also shows scope changes, which burndown hides.
• often revealed by Scope CreepA rising scope line on a burnup chart is one of the clearest signs scope crept mid-sprint.