How can the progress of a sprint be visually monitored in Jira?

Monitoring the progress of a sprint in Jira can effectively be done using velocity charts. Velocity charts provide a visual representation of the amount of work completed in a sprint compared to the amount planned. By tracking this metric over multiple sprints, teams can assess their performance and predict future sprint capacities. The chart typically shows the amount of story points completed in a given sprint, allowing teams to establish patterns in their work output and adjust their planning accordingly.

While other methods, such as backlog refinement and burn-up charts, can provide valuable insights in different contexts, they do not specifically focus on the real-time progress of a sprint in the same way that velocity charts do. The roadmap view primarily serves a different purpose, focusing on long-term planning and overall project timelines rather than sprint-specific tracking. Thus, utilizing velocity charts is the most appropriate and targeted means to visually monitor progress within a sprint context.