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diff --git a/doc/user/project/issue_board.md b/doc/user/project/issue_board.md index ebea7062ecb..e2cc67726e0 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/issue_board.md +++ b/doc/user/project/issue_board.md @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ -# Issue board +# Issue Board ->**Notes:** -- [Introduced][ce-5554] in GitLab 8.11. -- The Backlog column was replaced by the **Add issues** button in GitLab 8.17. +>**Note:** +[Introduced][ce-5554] in [GitLab 8.11](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/22/gitlab-8-11-released/#issue-board). The GitLab Issue Board is a software project management tool used to plan, organize, and visualize a workflow for a feature or product release. @@ -15,12 +14,65 @@ Other interesting links: ## Overview -The Issue Board builds on GitLab's existing issue tracking functionality and +The Issue Board builds on GitLab's existing +[issue tracking functionality](issues/index.md#issue-tracker) and leverages the power of [labels] by utilizing them as lists of the scrum board. -With the Issue Board you can have a different view of your issues while also +With the Issue Board you can have a different view of your issues while maintaining the same filtering and sorting abilities you see across the -issue tracker. +issue tracker. An Issue Board is based on its project's label structure, therefore, it +applies the same descriptive labels to indicate placement on the board, keeping +consistency throughout the entire development lifecycle. + +An Issue Board shows you what issues your team is working on, who is assigned to each, +and where in the workflow those issues are. + +You create issues, host code, perform reviews, build, test, +and deploy from one single platform. Issue Boards help you to visualize +and manage the entire process _in_ GitLab. + +With [Multiple Issue Boards](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issue_board.html#multiple-issue-boards), available +only in [GitLab Enterprise Edition](https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-ee/), +you go even further, as you can not only keep yourself and your project +organized from a broader perspective with one Issue Board per project, +but also allow your team members to organize their own workflow by creating +multiple Issue Boards within the same project. + +## Use cases + +GitLab Workflow allows you to discuss proposals in issues, categorize them +with labels, and from there organize and prioritize them with Issue Boards. + +For example, let's consider this simplified development workflow: + +1. You have a repository hosting your app's codebase +and your team actively contributing to code +1. Your **backend** team starts working a new +implementation, gathers feedback and approval, and pass it over to **frontend** +1. When frontend is complete, the new feature is deployed to **staging** to be tested +1. When successful, it is deployed to **production** + +If we have the labels "**backend**", "**frontend**", "**staging**", and +"**production**", and an Issue Board with a list for each, we can: + +- Visualize the entire flow of implementations since the +beginning of the development lifecycle until deployed to production +- Prioritize the issues in a list by moving them vertically +- Move issues between lists to organize them according to the labels you've set +- Add multiple issues to lists in the board by selecting one or more existing issues + + + +> **Notes:** +> +>- For a broader use case, please check the blog post +[GitLab Workflow, an Overview](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/10/25/gitlab-workflow-an-overview/#gitlab-workflow-use-case-scenario). +> +>- For a real use case, please check why +[Codepen decided to adopt Issue Boards](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/01/27/codepen-welcome-to-gitlab/#project-management-everything-in-one-place) +to improve their workflow with [multiple boards](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issue_board.html#multiple-issue-boards). + +## Issue Board terminology Below is a table of the definitions used for GitLab's Issue Board. @@ -57,7 +109,7 @@ In short, here's a list of actions you can take in an Issue Board: If you are not able to perform one or more of the things above, make sure you have the right [permissions](#permissions). -## First time using the issue board +## First time using the Issue Board The first time you navigate to your Issue Board, you will be presented with a default list (**Done**) and a welcoming message that gives @@ -98,7 +150,7 @@ list view that is removed. You can always add it back later if you need. ## Adding issues to a list You can add issues to a list by clicking the **Add issues** button that is -present in the upper right corner of the issue board. This will open up a modal +present in the upper right corner of the Issue Board. This will open up a modal window where you can see all the issues that do not belong to any list. Select one or more issues by clicking on the cards and then click **Add issues** |