Projects

Projects brings work tracking into buildIt.Social. Any channel can become a project: the channel stays the team’s home, its members are the project’s team, and new tabs appear next to Chat and Docs for the board, the backlog, sprints, releases and more. Items get keys such as WEB-42 that turn into live cards when you mention them in chat.

Start here#

• Turn a channel into a project: templates, keys, tabs and project settings.
• Work items: types, the hierarchy from initiatives down to subtasks, and the ways to create an item.
• The item view: the Details, Thread and History tabs, the description, links, subtasks and watching.

Plan and track#

• Boards and the backlog: move cards across columns, and order and plan the backlog.
• Sprints: plan, start and complete sprints, and read the burndown and velocity.
• Releases: fix versions, releasing, release notes and the release page.
• Views, filters and saved views: the List, Table and Calendar, sorting, filtering, grouping and saving a view.

Stay on top of your work#

• The Work hub: My work, the inbox, every project, search and initiatives.
• Work notifications: what notifies you, the morning summary, and how to hear less.
• Items in chat: item threads, sharing to the channel, key cards and creating items from messages.

Connect and manage#

• GitHub linking: see branches, commits and pull requests on your items.
• CSV import and export: bring items in from a spreadsheet or another tool, and take them out.
• Roles and permissions: what project admins, members and guests can do.
• Working offline: what you can do without a connection, and what “Not sent” means.

• Turn a channel into a projectTurn on a project in a channel, pick a template and a key, and find your way around the project's tabs and settings.
• Work itemsWhat work items are, how initiatives, epics, items and subtasks fit together, and every way to create an item.
• The item viewOpen an item and work with its Details, Thread and History tabs, its description, links, subtasks, parent epic and watchers.
• Boards and the backlogMove cards across the board's columns, use swimlanes and work-in-progress limits, and order and plan the backlog.
• SprintsCreate, plan, start and complete sprints, and follow the team's progress with the burndown and velocity reports.
• ReleasesPlan versions with fix versions, release them, edit, reopen or archive them, and generate release notes.
• Views, filters and saved viewsUse the List, Table and Calendar views, and sort, filter, group and save any view for yourself, your project or your whole organization.
• The Work hubSee your work across every project in My work, catch up in the inbox, find projects to join, search every item, and plan initiatives.
• Work notificationsWhat work notifications you get, the morning summary of due dates and sprints, and how to hear less from a project.
• Items in chatDiscuss an item in its own thread, share comments to the channel, turn keys into live cards, and create items from messages.
• GitHub linkingSee the branches, commits and pull requests that name an item, name your work so it links, and move items to Done when pull requests merge.
• CSV import and exportExport a view's items as a CSV file, and import items from a spreadsheet, Jira, Trello or Asana with a checked, step-by-step import.
• Roles and permissionsWhat project admins, channel members and guests can do in a project, and how to add or remove a project admin.
• Working offlineWhat you can do in Projects without a connection, what waits until you're back online, and what to do when a change shows "Not sent".