Roadmap predictability and say/do ratio, straight from Jira epics

What roadmap predictability really measures

Predictability is the gap between what you said you would deliver and what you actually delivered. Leaders, boards, and customers do not just want fast teams — they want teams whose commitments can be trusted. Roadmap predictability puts a number on that trust so you can manage it deliberately instead of discovering the gap at the end of a quarter.

Delimetrics reads this directly from the epics in your Jira and the due dates attached to them. There is nothing extra to maintain: if your epics carry target dates, you have the raw material for predictability already.

The say/do ratio and the metrics behind it

The say/do ratio is the heart of the dashboard. It compares what was promised against what landed:

• Say/do ratio — epics done divided by epics due in the period. A clean read on whether commitments are being met.
• On-time delivery — the share of epics that finished on or before their due date, not just eventually.
• Schedule slip — how far delivery is drifting past the dates you set, so you can see the trend rather than a single miss.
• At-risk epics — the specific epics whose due dates are in jeopardy, surfaced while there is still time to act.

Because the at-risk view names the actual epics, predictability stops being an abstract score and becomes a worklist. You see which commitments to defend, re-scope, or re-plan this week.

Built on data your teams already keep

Delimetrics tracks the history of due-date changes on your epics, so a date that quietly moves three times does not hide the slip. The picture reflects how the plan actually evolved, not just where it ended up.

• No new process for teams to follow — predictability comes from existing epics and dates.
• A consistent, methodology-backed number to bring to board and investor updates.
• Early warning on at-risk work instead of end-of-quarter surprises.

Connect Jira Cloud, point Delimetrics at your team and date fields, and your roadmap predictability is live in minutes.