Missing Approval Heatmap

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 — combining zero-comment closures and solo resolutions into a single measure — 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 combined missing-approval rate (zero-comment AND single-actor closures as a percentage of total closures for that combination). Thresholds: green <10%, amber 10–20%, orange 20–30%, red ≥30%.