addedcompleted

Addedcompleted is a term used in project management and software development to refer to a work item that was both added to the project’s scope and completed within a defined period, typically a sprint or iteration. It is used as a metric for tracking scope changes and delivery efficiency.

The term appears in agile tooling discussions and is not part of formal frameworks; it emerges as teams analyze backlog dynamics and sprint throughput. It highlights how newly added work is handled within a planning cycle and can illuminate how quickly teams respond to evolving requirements.

Definition and measurement can vary by team. In practice, an item is labeled addedcompleted when it is added to the backlog during a sprint and subsequently completed before the sprint ends. Some teams interpret it as the item having both an added timestamp and a completed timestamp with a short time delta; others treat addedcompleted as a boolean flag attached to the item. The metric can be aggregated to evaluate how much newly added scope is delivered quickly and to identify patterns of scope change.

Limitations include the lack of a standardized definition, which means different teams may apply it differently. The metric can be sensitive to how backlogs are managed and to how strictly sprint boundaries are enforced. It may also obscure work that is added well in advance and completed later, or work that is decomposed into smaller parts across sprints.

See also: backlog, sprint, throughput, scope creep, work item, Kanban.