Creating a task board

Creating a Task Board A task board is one of the most important things when going through an agile product. This will help keep track of the project progression as each sprint goes by. A task board is normally a board broken up into multiple parts. These parts consist of user stories, to do, doing, and done. This is normally on a white board, window, or a carboard board and the columns are broken up by using tape.

When the board is developed, the task is placed in the column starting at the to do lane. After a member starts working on the product, they will move their task over to the doing lane. The board should have each thing prioritized from the most important task on top to the least important on the bottom, and each day something should be changed on the board. This shows that the project is moving smoothly and productively. Lastly, as the tasks is being finished, it will be moved to the done column showing that it is finished, and a new task can be started. The board is normally places in an area that everybody can see. A good place to put the task board is where the daily standup meeting takes place so that when the meeting is taking place, everybody can see what is going on in the task board.

When getting started, an agile team wants to make sure an ask board is easy to read. They will start by setting up the board before the team starts working. This will get everybody set in the mindset that agile is about to take over. It is also good use a physical board from the start. This will be a physical sign that the project is starting. As time goes on though, or if the team has previously done a project using a task board, then they can find agile software that use a virtual task board. This makes it easy if team members work remotely. Starting the project using the agile task board software though may have the team not pay attention to the software, or not fully take advantage of the learning agile.

Works Cited

Rose, Doug. “Creating a Taskboard.” Lynda.com - from LinkedIn, LinkedIn, 23 Nov. 2015, www.lynda.com/Business-Skills-tutorials/Creating-taskboard/175962/452763-4.html.