Creating a board in Tracker
Creating a basic board
Basic boards work well for any team and help you organize issues in columns based on their status.
To create a basic board:
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In the left panel, click Boards → Create board.
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Select the Basic board type and click Create. This will create a new board named New board. This board field is editable, so you can change its value and rename the board.
It already has some columns with Open, In progress, and Closed statuses. You can delete the columns, add other ones, or create custom columns not associated with issue statuses.
After adding issues to the board, you can customize the layout of issue cards, group and filter issues, and move them across the board columns. You can enable a backlog for a basic board to convert it to With backlog and sprints format. No rollback is possible.
Creating a board with a backlog and sprints
With backlog and sprints boards are good for Agile teams because they allow them to create a backlog, manage sprints, estimate issue complexity, and analyze burndown charts.
To create a board with a backlog and sprints:
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In the left panel, click Boards → Create board.
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Select the With backlog and sprints board type and click Create. This will create a new board named New board. This board field is editable, so you can change its value and rename the board.
It consists of three tabs:
- Backlog: Use it to create an issue backlog and sprints.
- Board: Use it to sort backlog issues by status or custom column (this tab is similar to Basic board).
- Burndown chart: Shows the issue completion rate and the remaining amount of work within a single sprint.
After adding issues to a backlog, you can plan sprints, customize the layout of issue cards, group and filter board issues, and analyze their completion rate.