Agile: sprints & epics

Run Scrum boards with sprints, epics and story points.

When you create a board you can choose its type. A Kanban board is a simple, continuous flow. A Scrum board adds agile planning: sprints, epics and story points.

Sprints

A sprint is a time-boxed iteration with a goal and start/end dates. Plan cards into a sprint, then activate it to start work and complete it when the iteration ends.

Planned — the sprint is being filled with cards.
Active — the sprint is running; only one is active at a time.
Completed — the sprint is closed; unfinished cards roll back to the backlog.

Epics

An epic groups related cards under a larger initiative so you can track a body of work that spans several sprints. Give each epic a name and colour, then tag cards into it.

Story points

Estimate a card’s effort with story points. Points roll up per sprint and epic so you can gauge how much work a sprint holds.

You can switch an existing board’s type from its board menu — your lists and cards stay put.

Common questions

Can a Kanban board use sprints?

Switch it to Scrum first — sprints, epics and story points appear on Scrum boards.

What happens to unfinished cards when a sprint completes?

They roll back to the backlog so you can plan them into the next sprint.