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Kanban overview, To-dos on the kanban

Updated this week

Edition: Enterprise

User-level: Project Manager, Director, Assistant Administrator, System Administrator


Adding to-dos from the general Kanban Board

  1. From Side Navigation, click Projects > Kanban.

  2. Click on the current Kanban view and then select 'By project'.

  3. Select a project, stage and task from the dropdown menus at the top of the screen.

  4. Click on '+ To do'.

  5. Type the name of the To-do.

  6. Press enter.


Add to-dos from the project specific Kanban Board

  1. Project menu > Three Dots "..." > Kanban board.

  2. Select a stage and task from the dropdown menus at the top of the screen.

  3. Click on '+ To do'.

  4. Type the name of the To-do.

  5. Press enter.


Marking to-dos as complete

Once you have finished your to-do you will need to know how to mark it as complete. The steps are detailed below.

1. From Side Navigation, click Projects > Kanban

2.Hover over the to-do and select the check mark symbol that appears

Alternatively, you can drag and drop the to-do to the 'Done' panel to mark it as complete


Assigning to-dos to to staff

To-dos can be assigned to staff members from the Kanban within a project. To assign a to-do to a staff member, follow the steps below:

Navigate to the Project Kanban

  1. From Side Navigation, select Projects > Projects List

  2. Open the project you want to assign a to-do on

  3. Click the More tab (3 dots) > Plan > Kanban board

All to-dos in the left pane are unassigned. There are two different ways you can assign these to staff.

  1. Click into the to-do from the left pane. Select the staff member from the menu on the right

2. Drag and drop the to-do from the pane on the right to the appropriate staff.

Tips!

  • Selecting the back arrow will save any changes made to the to-do.

  • Sort the Kanban view by project, team and office when assigning to-dos.


Filter the Kanban board by office

Follow the below steps to filter by office for the Kanban planning board:

  1. From Side Navigation, click Projects > Kanban

  2. Click on the ‘By Team/Project/Office’ menu bar at the top of the screen

  3. Select ‘By Office’ if this is not already selected

  4. Click on the location name next to ‘By Office’ to select the office you would like to search in the drop-down menu


Colour coding in the kanban

To-dos have different colours, each colour represents a different status.

Below is an example of this in the Kanban board; each to-do has a different coloured bar to the left of it:

To do colour

Meaning

Red

Overdue - these will always appear at the top of the list

Blue

Due

Yellow

In review

Grey

Unassigned

Teal

Complete - these will always be pushed below any active to-dos

NOTE: These colours can not be modified.


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