Sprints: plan a sprint, schedule tasks and track progress
The Sprints module brings agile planning with target/actual tracking to your board. Create a sprint, pull tasks in from the backlog, and follow progress and burndown at a glance.
- You're signed in and your organization has the "Sprints" module activated.
- Optional: a project to attach the sprint to, and backlog tasks you want to schedule.
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Filter sprints and keep an overview
The All, Active, Planning and Completed tabs each show a count in brackets and filter the list. Every row shows a status badge, the linked project (if any), its date range, task count with estimated hours, and — once a capacity is set — a usage bar with target/actual hours.
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Start and complete a sprint
A sprint in "Planning" status reveals a green Play icon on hover to start it. An active sprint shows a checkmark icon to complete it instead. The same actions are also available as buttons at the top once you open the sprint itself.
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Choose Board or Dashboard
Inside a sprint, switch between Board (a table of every sprint task with status, target and actual hours) and Dashboard (a status-distribution pie chart, a burndown chart, and tasks per week). Completed or cancelled sprints automatically show a retro view on the Board tab instead, with Done and Not done columns.
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Open Sprints
Open "Sprints" from the main menu (route /sprints). The list shows every sprint in the organization, filtered to "All" by default.
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Create a new sprint
Click "Create Sprint" in the top right. Only the name is required — sprint goal, start/end date and capacity (target hours) are optional, but they determine whether a usage bar and a burndown with a timeline show up later. "Create Sprint" saves it; the new sprint then appears in "Planning" status at the top of the list.
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Add tasks from the backlog
Open a sprint via "Board" and click "Add task from backlog" (or "Add tasks" if the sprint is still empty). The search field filters every task not yet assigned to a sprint; clicking "Add" pulls the task into the board immediately without closing the list.
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Maintain target hours per task
In the board, click a row's target value (or "— h" if none is set yet), enter the estimated hours and confirm with Enter. This updates the task's own estimated hours — not just within the sprint. The "Total" row at the bottom of the table and the stat tiles above (period, tasks, effort, capacity, and project budget if applicable) update automatically.
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Track progress on the Dashboard
Switch to the "Dashboard" tab within the sprint. The status distribution shows Open/In progress/Done as a pie chart, the burndown compares target and actual lines across the sprint period, and "Tasks per week" below lists the breakdown by calendar week.
New sprints start in "Planning" status
A freshly created sprint isn't automatically active. Only the Play button in the list, or "Start Sprint" inside the sprint, sets it to "Active" — before that it only shows up under the "Planning" filter.
No capacity, no usage bar
The target/actual bar in the list and the capacity tile inside the sprint only appear once a capacity in hours has been entered, at creation or later. Without that value, the capacity display is missing entirely.
Completed sprints only show the retro, not the board
Once a sprint is "Completed" or "Cancelled", the Board tab shows only the retro breakdown of Done/Not done. Tasks can no longer be added or removed there.
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