Boards

DevStride Boards help teams manage their work in progress, visualize workflows, identify bottlenecks, and improve team efficiency.

Manage workflow in real-time

Kanban boards are powerful, visual tools that enable teams to optimize workflow management by clearly illustrating the status, progress, and potential bottlenecks within ongoing projects. Stemming from a Japanese manufacturing system, Kanban boards have found their place in various industries, most notably in software development and other knowledge-based work areas.

Visualizing Work with Kanban Boards

Configure stages

A typical Kanban board is divided into several columns, with each column representing a different stage in the workflow process. The stages can be customized based on your team's specific workflow, but commonly include steps like New, In Progress, Review, and Done. Work items, represented as cards, move from left to right across the board as they progress through these stages.

DevStride's Kanban board feature provides customizable columns representing workflow stages, with work items progressing from left to right, enhancing team collaboration and task management.

Monitor flow

One of the core benefits of Kanban boards is the ability to visualize work in progress and monitor task flow. By limiting the number of tasks in any given stage, teams can manage capacity, reduce bottlenecks, and improve overall efficiency. This is an embodiment of the core Kanban principle - to limit work in progress and focus on completing tasks.

DevStride's Kanban board WIP limiter feature allows users to Visualize work in progress, optimize capacity, reduce bottlenecks, and enhance efficiency using the core Kanban principle of limiting work in progress.

Foster Transparency

Kanban boards foster transparency and collaboration. With a shared, visual representation of work, every team member can understand the state of initiatives and where attention is needed. This improved visibility encourages collective responsibility and enables teams to identify issues and coordinate their work more effectively.

DevStride's Kanban board feature fosters transparency, collaboration, and collective responsibility with shared visual representation, enhancing coordination and issue identification.

The only tool that can make you shake your Kanban.

Simple yet powerful

Kanban boards, with their simple yet powerful design, have become an indispensable tool in agile work management. Visualizing workflow, limiting work in progress, and promoting transparency enables teams to manage their work more efficiently and deliver results more consistently.

  • Integral Component of the DevStride Ecosystem

    Kanban boards integrate with the broader suite of DevStride solutions. Our Boards not only display task progress but also relay real-time updates to the entire team, achieving transparency. Integrated deadline reminders ensure timely task completion, helping avoid last-minute rushes. By connecting the Kanban boards with other DevStride features, teams enjoy a comprehensive, interconnected work management solution.

  • Configurable Lanes and Statuses

    Kanban boards are inherently flexible. This flexibility allows teams to tailor their boards to suit their specific workflow processes and needs. For instance, you can add, remove, or modify columns and swimlanes to map out your unique workflows. You can also customize the information on the task cards, such as assigning color codes to different task types or adding tags for easy categorization.

  • Limit Work-in-Progress (WIP)

    Setting Work-in-Progress (WIP) limits is an important aspect of managing tasks and workflow in a project or team. Set specific numerical limits for each stage of your workflow. These limits can reflect the team's capacity and the constraints that will prevent excessive work “In Progress” from accumulating. If limits need adjustment or bottlenecks persist, easily optimize your workflow by adjusting limits in DevStride.

  • Integrate Code Management

    Seamlessly integrate with GitHub to gain a higher-level perspective of tasks and projects in DevStride. Enable insights into overall progress, task prioritization, and alignment. Ensure efforts are in sync with larger organizational objectives. Continuously monitor workflows and assess adherence to WIP limits. Evaluate productivity, flow, and task completion rates to ensure smooth and efficient operations.