Carryover Tracker

Carryover Tracker automatically calculates how much work was left unfinished at the end of each sprint — without any manual effort.

No more spreadsheets, no more manual tracking. Just open the Carryover Tracker hub in Azure Boards and get the full picture instantly.

What Does Carryover Tracker Do?

Carryover Tracker helps Scrum teams see exactly how much work was carried over from one sprint to the next — in seconds.

It reads your Azure Boards work items, compares their Remaining Work across sprint boundaries, and gives you a clear breakdown per person, per sprint.

Problem It Solves

Every sprint retro, teams ask:

“Who still has open tasks?”
“How many hours are carried over?”
“Why?”

Usually, someone opens Excel, filters tasks, copies numbers…
2 hours wasted. Every. Single. Time.

Carryover Tracker fixes that.

How It Works (In 3 Seconds)

Open the Carryover Tracker hub in Azure Boards.
Pick a sprint.
Instantly see:

What	How
Total carryover	Pie chart (Done vs Remaining)
Per person	100 % filled bar (green = done, red = remaining)
Trend	Line chart of carryover over the last 5 sprints
Details	Collapsible tables with every task

Real Example

Person	Done	Remaining	Total
Alice	45.2 h	20.1 h	65.3 h
Bob	30.0 h	35.0 h	65.0 h

Alice: 69 % done → 31 % carryover
Bob: 46 % done → 54 % carryover

✅ No more guessing.
✅ No more spreadsheets.

Why It’s Accurate

Uses revision history of the Remaining Work field
Compares every change to calculate exact hours completed
Ignores closed tasks; focuses on open work at sprint end
100 % runs locally in your browser, no external server

Perfect For

Scrum Masters running retros
Engineering Managers tracking velocity
Teams tired of manual reports
Anyone who wants data — not debate

Features

Feature	What you get
Zero server	All data stays in the browser
PAT once	Stored securely in `localStorage`
Progress bars	Green = done, Red = remaining
Collapsible per-person view	Drill-down instantly
Pie + Bar + Trend	Full picture in seconds
One-click Excel	Export reports instantly

Personal Access Token (PAT)

⚠️ Important: You must create a Personal Access Token (PAT) before using Carryover Tracker.

The PAT is used only to read your sprint and work item data from Azure DevOps.
It is stored locally in your browser, never uploaded anywhere.

👉 How to create a PAT in Azure DevOps

When prompted, name it my_azure_sprint and give it minimal read permissions.

Getting Started (For Everyone)

You don’t need to be a developer to use Carryover Tracker.
Just install the extension in your organization and open it from Boards → Carryover Tracker.

Open Source

Carryover Tracker is open source and welcomes contributions.

🌐 GitHub: https://github.com/ms31376/carryover-tracker

If you’d like to contribute, fix bugs, or add features, please open a pull request or issue in the GitHub repo.

Author

Mehrdad Abdollahiyan
Creator of the Carryover Tracker Azure Boards extension
📧 Contact: mrmehrdad@rocketmail.com

Support the project

If you find this extension helpful, please give it a ⭐ on GitHub and leave a review on the Azure DevOps Marketplace.