The Kanban board
The board is where a sprint gets worked: every ticket as a card, in columns that mirror your workflow. Drag a card to move it; the board is the ticket's status, made physical.
Reading the board
Columns are the project's statuses (see Statuses, priorities and ticket types). Cards carry the ticket's key, title, type, priority and assignee — unassigned tickets are marked as such, which on a sprint board is usually a problem to fix rather than a fact to admire.
Lanes by epic. By default the board groups tickets into horizontal lanes, one per epic, so it reads as initiatives rather than one undifferentiated pile. Toggle the grouping off when you want a single flat board.
Working the board
- Drag cards between columns as work progresses — that is updating the ticket's status.
- Search to find a card fast.
- Right-click a card for the quick actions: change status, copy link, move to epic, or delete.
- Create new tickets without leaving the board.
- Click any card to open the full ticket.
If the board looks empty and it shouldn't, check the filters first — the board tells you when no tickets match the current filters, and an active filter is the usual culprit.
Board habits that pay
- The board is the standup. Walk the columns right-to-left: what's nearly done, what's stuck in review, what's blocked. Blocked cards are the conversation.
- Cards move when work moves. A board that gets updated once a week before the demo isn't a board, it's a slide.
- Watch the Under Review pile. Work that is "done except review" isn't done, and this column is where sprints quietly die.