Heatmap
Sprint Velocity Heatmap
Dark theme heatmap showing team sprint velocities
Output
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap
from matplotlib.patches import FancyBboxPatch
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(12, 8), facecolor='#ffffff')
ax.set_facecolor('#ffffff')
np.random.seed(42)
teams = ['Alpha', 'Beta', 'Gamma', 'Delta', 'Epsilon']
sprints = [f'S{i+1}' for i in range(10)]
data = np.random.randint(20, 60, (len(teams), len(sprints)))
colors = ['#1e293b', '#134e4a', '#14b8a6', '#2dd4bf', '#99f6e4']
cmap = LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('modern', colors, N=256)
cell_w, cell_h = 0.88, 0.82
for i in range(len(teams)):
for j in range(len(sprints)):
val = data[i, j]
rect = FancyBboxPatch((j - cell_w/2, i - cell_h/2), cell_w, cell_h,
boxstyle="round,pad=0.02,rounding_size=0.12",
facecolor=cmap((val - 0) / (60 - 0)), edgecolor='#e2e8f0', linewidth=1.5)
ax.add_patch(rect)
ax.text(j, i, f'{val}', ha='center', va='center', color='#1e293b', fontsize=10, fontweight='bold')
ax.set_xlim(-0.5, len(sprints)-0.5)
ax.set_ylim(-0.5, len(teams)-0.5)
ax.set_aspect('equal')
ax.invert_yaxis()
ax.set_xticks(range(len(sprints)))
ax.set_yticks(range(len(teams)))
ax.set_xticklabels(sprints, color='#64748b', fontsize=10, fontweight='500')
ax.set_yticklabels(teams, color='#1e293b', fontsize=11, fontweight='500')
sm = plt.cm.ScalarMappable(cmap=cmap, norm=plt.Normalize(0, 60))
cbar = plt.colorbar(sm, ax=ax, shrink=0.8, pad=0.02)
cbar.set_label('Story Points', color='#1e293b', fontsize=11)
cbar.outline.set_edgecolor('#e2e8f0')
plt.setp(plt.getp(cbar.ax.axes, 'yticklabels'), color='#64748b')
for spine in ax.spines.values(): spine.set_visible(False)
ax.tick_params(length=0)
ax.set_title('Team Sprint Velocity', fontsize=18, color='#1e293b', fontweight='bold', pad=20)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library
Matplotlib
Category
Heatmaps & Density
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