Beeswarm Plot

Sprint Velocity by Agile Team

Story points completed per sprint across dev teams

Output
Sprint Velocity by Agile Team
Python
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

np.random.seed(309)
BG_COLOR = '#0a0a0f'
TEXT_COLOR = 'white'
COLORS = ['#F5276C', '#27D3F5', '#6CF527']

def simple_beeswarm(y, nbins=None, width=1.):
    y = np.asarray(y)
    if nbins is None:
        nbins = np.ceil(len(y) / 6).astype(int)
    nn, ybins = np.histogram(y, bins=nbins)
    nmax = nn.max()
    x = np.zeros(len(y))
    ibs = []
    for ymin, ymax in zip(ybins[:-1], ybins[1:]):
        i = np.nonzero((y > ymin) * (y <= ymax))[0]
        ibs.append(i)
    dx = width / (nmax // 2) if nmax > 1 else width
    for i in ibs:
        yy = y[i]
        if len(i) > 1:
            j = len(i) % 2
            i = i[np.argsort(yy)]
            a = i[j::2]
            b = i[j+1::2]
            x[a] = (0.5 + j / 3 + np.arange(len(b))) * dx
            x[b] = (0.5 + j / 3 + np.arange(len(b))) * -dx
    return x

teams = ['Alpha', 'Beta', 'Gamma']
data = {
    'Alpha': np.random.normal(42, 8, 24),
    'Beta': np.random.normal(38, 10, 24),
    'Gamma': np.random.normal(45, 7, 24)
}

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 6), facecolor=BG_COLOR)
ax.set_facecolor(BG_COLOR)

boxplot_data = []
for i, (team, values) in enumerate(data.items()):
    x = simple_beeswarm(values, width=0.35)
    ax.scatter(x + i + 1, values, c=COLORS[i], alpha=0.7, s=55, edgecolors='white', linewidth=0.5)
    boxplot_data.append(values)

bp = ax.boxplot(boxplot_data, positions=range(1, len(teams)+1), widths=0.5, patch_artist=True)
for patch in bp['boxes']:
    patch.set_facecolor('none')
    patch.set_edgecolor('#666')
for element in ['whiskers', 'caps', 'medians']:
    for item in bp[element]:
        item.set_color('#666')

ax.axhline(40, color='#22c55e', linestyle='--', alpha=0.5, linewidth=1)
ax.text(3.55, 41, 'Target', color='#22c55e', fontsize=9)

ax.set_xticks(range(1, len(teams)+1))
ax.set_xticklabels(teams, color=TEXT_COLOR)
ax.set_xlabel('Team', fontsize=12, color=TEXT_COLOR, fontweight='500')
ax.set_ylabel('Story Points', fontsize=12, color=TEXT_COLOR, fontweight='500')
ax.set_title('Sprint Velocity by Team', fontsize=14, color=TEXT_COLOR, fontweight='bold', pad=15)

ax.tick_params(colors='#888', labelsize=10)
for spine in ax.spines.values():
    spine.set_color('#333')

plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library

Matplotlib

Category

Statistical

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