diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/item_issue_component.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/item_issue_component.js.es6
index 57e20b2aa4e..e73b2db1ba8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/item_issue_component.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/item_issue_component.js.es6
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
   */
 
   global.cycleAnalytics.ItemIssueComponent = Vue.extend({
-    template: '#item-issue-component',
     props: {
       issue: Object,
     },
@@ -39,8 +38,8 @@
           </span>
           <span>
           by
-          <a href="issue.profile" class="issue-author-link">
-            {{ issue.author }}
+          <a :href="issue.author.web_url" class="issue-author-link">
+            {{ issue.author.name }}
           </a>
           </span>
         </div>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_code_component.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_code_component.js.es6
index 0a61ac797dd..b070d22af8a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_code_component.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_code_component.js.es6
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     template: `
       <div>
         <div class="events-description">
-          {{ stage.shortDescription }}
+          {{ stage.description }}
         </div>
         <ul class="stage-event-list">
           <li class="stage-event-item" v-for="mergeRequest in items">
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_issue_component.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_issue_component.js.es6
index 16b392138a6..204f4d1b806 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_issue_component.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_issue_component.js.es6
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     template: `
       <div>
         <div class="events-description">
-          {{ stage.shortDescription }}
+          {{ stage.description }}
         </div>
         <ul class="stage-event-list">
           <li class="stage-event-item" v-for="issue in items">
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_plan_component.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_plan_component.js.es6
index 87b189adacb..637f3877a2e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_plan_component.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_plan_component.js.es6
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     template: `
       <div>
         <div class="events-description">
-          {{ stage.shortDescription }}
+          {{ stage.description }}
         </div>
         <ul class="stage-event-list">
           <li class="stage-event-item" v-for="commit in items">
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_production_component.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_production_component.js.es6
index 15477f957fd..8616316d69b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_production_component.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_production_component.js.es6
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     template: `
       <div>
         <div class="events-description">
-          {{ stage.shortDescription }}
+          {{ stage.description }}
         </div>
         <ul>
           <li v-for="issue in items">
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_review_component.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_review_component.js.es6
index b52ecbb21f3..516c259722c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_review_component.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_review_component.js.es6
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@
     },
     props: {
       items: Array,
+      stage: Object,
     },
     template: `
       <div>
         <div class="events-description">
-          The time taken to review the code
+          {{ stage.description }}
         </div>
         <ul class="stage-event-list">
           <li class="stage-event-item" v-for="mergeRequest in items">
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_staging_component.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_staging_component.js.es6
index c07f556ed84..1f983ecbab9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_staging_component.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_staging_component.js.es6
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@
     },
     props: {
       items: Array,
+      stage: Object,
     },
     template: `
       <div>
         <div class="events-description">
-          The time taken in staging
+          {{ stage.description }}
         </div>
         <ul>
           <li v-for="build in items">
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_test_component.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_test_component.js.es6
index b09fd8c8a6f..ecb730e7b7c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_test_component.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_test_component.js.es6
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     template: `
       <div>
         <div class="events-description">
-          {{ stage.shortDescription }}
+          {{ stage.description }}
         </div>
         <ul class="stage-event-list">
           <li class="stage-event-item" v-for="build in items">
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_bundle.js b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_bundle.js
index 05038c3c500..6ca12cb7e78 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_bundle.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_bundle.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ $(() => {
         if (this.currentStage === stage) return;
 
         this.isLoadingStage = true;
-        cycleAnalyticsStore.setStageItems([]);
+        cycleAnalyticsStore.setStageEvents([]);
         cycleAnalyticsStore.setActiveStage(stage);
 
         cycleAnalyticsService
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ $(() => {
             startDate: this.startDate,
           })
           .done((response) => {
-            this.isEmptyStage = !response.items.length;
-            cycleAnalyticsStore.setStageItems(response.items);
+            this.isEmptyStage = !response.events.length;
+            cycleAnalyticsStore.setStageEvents(response.events);
           })
           .error(() => {
             this.isEmptyStage = true;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_store.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_store.js.es6
index bef741c879a..9315f7621a7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_store.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_store.js.es6
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
       summary: '',
       stats: '',
       analytics: '',
-      items: [],
+      events: [],
       stages:[],
     },
     setCycleAnalyticsData(data) {
@@ -47,8 +47,19 @@
       this.deactivateAllStages();
       stage.active = true;
     },
-    setStageItems(items) {
-      this.state.items = items;
+    setStageEvents(events) {
+      this.state.events = this.decorateEvents(events);
+    },
+    decorateEvents(events) {
+      let newEvents = events;
+
+      newEvents.forEach((item) => {
+        item.totalTime = item.total_time;
+
+        delete item.total_time;
+      });
+
+      return newEvents;
     },
     currentActiveStage() {
       return this.state.stages.find(stage => stage.active);
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/cycle_analytics_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/cycle_analytics_controller.rb
index 2fb496053a5..fd263960b93 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/cycle_analytics_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/cycle_analytics_controller.rb
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ class Projects::CycleAnalyticsController < Projects::ApplicationController
 
     cycle_analytics_view_data = [[:issue, "Issue", "Related Issues", "Time before an issue gets scheduled"],
                                  [:plan, "Plan", "Related Commits", "Time before an issue starts implementation"],
-                                 [:code, "Code", "Related Merge Requests", "Time until first merge request"],
-                                 [:test, "Test", "Relative Builds Trigger by Commits", "Total test time for all commits/merges"],
-                                 [:review, "Review", "Relative Merged Requests", "Time between merge request creation and merge/close"],
-                                 [:staging, "Staging", "Relative Deployed Builds", "From merge request merge until deploy to production"],
-                                 [:production, "Production", "Related Issues", "From issue creation until deploy to production"]]
+                                 [:code, "Code", "Related Merge Requests", "Time spent coding"],
+                                 [:test, "Test", "Relative Builds Trigger by Commits", "The time taken to build and test the application"],
+                                 [:review, "Review", "Relative Merged Requests", "The time taken to review the code"],
+                                 [:staging, "Staging", "Relative Deployed Builds", "The time taken in staging"],
+                                 [:production, "Production", "Related Issues", "The total time taken from idea to production"]]
 
     stats = cycle_analytics_view_data.reduce([]) do |stats, (stage_method, stage_text, stage_legend, stage_description)|
       value = @cycle_analytics.send(stage_method).presence
diff --git a/app/views/projects/cycle_analytics/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/cycle_analytics/show.html.haml
index cf496b46e4f..010f64b3bb5 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/cycle_analytics/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/cycle_analytics/show.html.haml
@@ -83,5 +83,5 @@
             = icon("spinner spin", "v-show" => "isLoadingStage")
           %template{ "v-if" => "isEmptyStage" }
             = render partial: "empty_stage"
-          %template{ "v-if" => "state.items.length && !isLoadingStage && !isEmptyStage" }
-            %component{ ":is" => "currentStage.component", ":stage" => "currentStage", ":items" => "state.items" }
+          %template{ "v-if" => "state.events.length && !isLoadingStage && !isEmptyStage" }
+            %component{ ":is" => "currentStage.component", ":stage" => "currentStage", ":items" => "state.events" }