Project tracking tool that integrates with Jira data to estimate project length.

• sandglass.py - Executable file that asks for new/updated project information and returns timeline-based metrics
• projects.txt - Project list in json format based on user inputs when running sandglass.py
• README - You're looking at it!
• gantt_chart.py - Script that generates a Gantt chart

User-provided values:

• Project name: epic name
• Start date: beginning of the epic
• Expected end date: epic completion date

Calculated values:

• Expected business days elapsed: expected end - start date
• Estimated end date: based on story points estimated & completed within the epic
• Estimated business days remaining: estimated end - start date
• Estimated project completion: story points completed / total
• Accuracy of estimate: tickets with story points / total
• Business days elapsed to date: today - start date
• Business days behind schedule: today - expected end date (if today > expected end date)

• I use "project" and "epic" interchangeably, even though technically they are quite different in Jira (I mean "epic" in both cases)
• Incomplete projects assume consistent resources (time and human)
• Business day calculations do not bear in mind holidays, just weekends

• Install Jira: sudo pip install jira --upgrade --ignore-installed six
• Install Matplotlib: sudo pip install matplotlib
• Run the program: python sandglass.py
• Generate the Gantt chart: python gantt_chart.py