Run sprints with the backlog, epics and reports

Sprints are short rounds of work, usually one or two weeks, with a clear set of cards. They are optional and per board.

Turn sprints on

1. Open Tasks and choose your board.
2. Open Board settings.
3. Under Sprints, tick the option to plan work in short rounds. Only the board owner can change it.

This adds a Backlog view for planning and a sprint section in Reports. Turning sprints off hides them but keeps everything.

Plan a sprint

1. Choose the Backlog view.
2. Choose Plan a sprint. Give it a name (blank becomes "Sprint 1", "Sprint 2" and so on), a goal ("What should be true when it ends?") and optional dates.
3. Choose Plan sprint.
4. Drag cards from the Backlog into the sprint, or use each card's Move to menu. Drag within the backlog to put the most important cards first.

Each group shows its number of cards and story points. Without dates, a sprint starts the day you start it and lasts two weeks.

Tip: Give cards Story points (in the card details) so each sprint shows how much work it holds.

Start and finish

1. On a planned sprint, choose Start. Only one sprint can be active at a time; finish the current one first.
2. A progress bar shows how many cards are done.
3. When the time is up, choose Finish sprint.
4. A window shows how many cards and points are done, and asks where the unfinished cards should go: Back to the backlog, Into another planned sprint, or Into a new sprint.

Deleting a planned sprint sends its cards back to the backlog.

Epics

An epic is a big piece of work made of many cards. Set a card's Kind of card to Epic, then open the Epics view to group cards under it.

Reports

Open Reports to see, for the board:

• Burndown: work left in the sprint each day against a steady pace.
• Velocity: what each of the last six sprints planned and finished. The average helps you plan the next one.
• Cards by column: a growing middle band means work is piling up.
• Workload: open cards and points per person.
• Overdue and Cycle time.
• Time logged: the board's owner sees everyone's time; others see their own.

Burndown and velocity appear once a sprint has started and finished.

Common problems

• "Finish [sprint] before starting another sprint." Only one sprint runs at a time.
• I do not see Backlog. Sprints are off for this board, or you are on a personal list rather than a board.
• Velocity is empty. Velocity appears after the first sprint finishes.