Scrum Board

Use Scrum Board in the Schedule Overview submodule in the Scheduling module to view and manage sprints.

To use Scrum Board, you must have access to Scheduling as defined in User Access Rights under Settings.

Scrum Board enables you to use and manage the components of Scrum, an agile framework for managing work within the WorkBook application.
Important: You must have at least one active sprint to use Scrum Board.
Scrum Board provides the following tabs:
  • Scrum Sprint Overview: Displays an overview of all active sprints, and all active tasks within the sprints. Each active sprint is represented in a column. The Backlog column displays all of the tasks that are not associated with any active sprint.
  • Scrum Board: Displays the details of the sprint that you select in the Scrum Sprint Overview tab. Each column represents a status such as Planned, Work in Progress, and Completed, among others. The Backlog column displays all of the tasks that are not assigned a progress status.
If you are an Administrator, you can grant Basic Users access to Scrum Board so that they can manage tasks (such as assigning tasks to themselves) from the Backlog column. Basic Users can access Scrum Board from the following areas:
  • Jobs > Tasks > Support Views > Scrum Board
  • Scheduling > Scrum Board > Scrum Board
For instructions, see Grant Basic Users Access to Scrum Board.

System Variable 1123

Before you can use Scrum Board, you must first enable System Variable 1123 (Task Progress Enabled on System), which enables you to assign a progress status to every task. If you are a System Administrator, you can set up and customize progress statuses in Settings > Projects & Jobs > Task Progress Status.