Your own columns and work-in-progress limits.

Name your own columns, set a work-in-progress limit on any of them, and view the same issues as a board or a list. Epics show one progress figure even when the work runs across several sprints.

Sprint 18Taken to work4 of 5Move issue
ColumnsYoursnot fixed
LimitsOn the headernot buried
Testing1 of 3room left
List viewSame boardno second view
A limit you cannot see changes nothing.
One boardColumns named after how your team works, with limits on them

Not a fixed To do, Doing and Done. Rename them, add your own, and cap the ones that matter. The limit sits on the column header, where somebody about to break it will see it.

The board

Your columns and their limits.

Every card shows its ID, its priority and its issue type, plus its epic and due date when it has them. Each column header shows how many issues it holds, and if you have set a limit, the count against that limit.

NearSyncProjectsSprint BoardSearch, plan and askKAll hubs
All activeBoardListAmina RahalNew issue
To do13
ENG-5175Projects HQ: list and table viewStory
ENG-892Compound capture: ambiguity UXTask
Taken to work4/5
ENG-11370Add a toggle for manifest feature flagsTask
ENG-893Omnibox standing orders: hire an agent from Cmd KTask
Testing1/3
ENG-11359Build the shared Account 360 spineStoryJul 11Sales and Clients
Review0Add issue
Done15
ENG-11350Add attribution keys to event typesTaskMarketing

Work-in-progress limits show right on the column headers.

Columns

Build the board around how your team works.

Rename columns, add your own, and set a limit where too much work in progress hurts. The count against the limit is always visible on the column header.

  • Rename any column, and add the ones your team actually has
  • Set a work-in-progress limit on any column
  • See the count against the limit while you are working
  • Switch between board and list views of the same issues
  • See priority, points, due date, epic and owner in the list view
ColumnsYours
To do13
Taken to work4 / 5
Testing1 / 3
Review0
Add your own
RenameAny column
AddA new one
SetIts limit
Same board as a listone switch, no second view to maintain
Epics

Track months of work in one place.

Group related issues into an epic and follow the whole thing with a single progress bar, even when the work runs across several sprints.

  • Add issues to an epic from any sprint
  • Watch progress update as issues get done
  • See every sprint the epic ran through
  • Keep the day-to-day board clean; the big picture lives one level up
Epic rollupAcross sprints
admin1956 / 1956
analytics430 / 438
MonoRepo Transition368 / 428
nexus328 / 328
Everything9,323 / 9,417
One epic
SpansMany sprints
CountedOnce
ProgressIn points
Work ignores sprint boundariesso the rollup does too
Swimlanes

Split the board into lanes by owner, priority or epic.

Group by owner to see everyone's load side by side, by priority to see what is critical, or by epic to follow one big piece of work on its own. Each lane keeps the same columns and counts its own issues and points.

Group by
OwnerWho has what
PriorityCritical at the top
EpicOne effort at a time
Every lane shows its own count and its own points
Filters

Narrow the board to the issues you want to talk about.

Search by title or issue number, then filter by owner, priority, type, epic or label. Pick as many values as you like in each one, and clear the lot with a single click when the meeting moves on.

Filter by
PeopleAnyone, or unassigned
WorkTask, story or bug
GroupingAn epic, or no epic
A dot on the funnel tells you a filter is still on
Sub-tasks

Break a card into sub-tasks and keep them on the card.

A card carries its sub-tasks as a line of small dots, one each, coloured by how far along they are. Open the card to read every sub-task with its own owner, and click any of them to go and work on it.

On the card
Each sub-taskIts own owner
Click oneIt opens
Done so far1 of 4
Hover a card and anything blocking it lights up

Access

Who can do what.

Everybody moves their own issues. Renaming a column or setting a limit changes how the whole team works, so that belongs to whoever owns delivery.

See

See the board and every issue on it.

Do

Move your own work, and pick up new issues.

Manage

Rename columns and set work-in-progress limits.

Admin

Change the workflow for the whole team.

Admin is the highest role and is not limited by these permissions, so keep it to the few people who genuinely need it.

One issue, start to finish

Follow one issue across the board.

The column limit was visible before anyone dragged a card over it. The standup summary came straight from the board, and the finished points counted toward an epic that had been running for three sprints.

The column header showed 4 of 5, one short of its limit.

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