Missing Approval Heatmap(5.2.9)

Approval gaps are not uniformly distributed. In some projects, Bugs are consistently closed without review. In others, it might be Tasks or Stories. This heatmap shows the missing-approval rate for every project-and-issue-type combination, the share of delivered closures that were both zero-comment and single-actor, so you can see exactly where policy enforcement is most needed.

What you can conclude

• A dark cell at a specific project-and-type combination indicates a targeted policy failure — approval is not being applied to that category of work in that team.
• A project that is dark across all issue types has a portfolio-wide approval culture problem, not a type-specific one.
• A uniformly light heatmap indicates consistent approval discipline across all work categories.

How this chart works

Heatmap with projects on one axis and issue types on the other. Cell color encodes the missing-approval rate: closures that were both zero-comment and single-actor, as a percentage of delivered closures for that combination. Closures into abandoned-classified statuses are backlog hygiene and are not counted; a cell with no delivered closures shows no rate rather than a zero. Thresholds: green <10%, amber 10–20%, orange 20–30%, red ≥30%.