burndown

Etymology
. In the software-development sense, perhaps suggesting a burning fuse.

Noun

 * 1) The use of a herbicide to destroy existing foliage.
 * 2) A kind of destructive fault in electrical equipment.
 * arcing fault burndowns
 * 1)  In, a chart showing how much work remains to be completed.
 * 1)  In, a chart showing how much work remains to be completed.