A product manager wants to see how long work takes from the moment a request is created until it is completed, and how long active development takes once it has started, using built-in reporting. Where should they look?
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Answer: C
Azure Boards Analytics provides lead time and cycle time measures. Lead time spans from creation to completion, while cycle time covers the period from when work becomes active until it is finished, which helps locate bottlenecks in the flow. Counting items per person reflects workload, storage reports show disk use, and team size says nothing about speed.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Counts per developer show workload distribution. They do not show elapsed time from request to completion, so they cannot reveal delivery speed.
- B. Storage consumption measures repository size. Size has no bearing on how quickly a request moves to done.
- D. Team membership is a staffing fact. Knowing how many people belong to the project does not measure how long requests take to complete.