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Scrum Project Template

When you create a YouTrack project with the Scrum project template, the project is created with the default settings that are described on this page.

Issue Fields

The following issue fields are attached to the project by default:

NameTypeValuesDefault valueCan be empty
Typeenum[1]Epic, User Story, Task, BugTaskfalse
Statestate[1]Open, In Progress, To Verify, Done (Resolved), Duplicate (Resolved)Openfalse
Priorityenum[*]Show-stopper, Critical, Major, Normal, MinorNormalfalse
Story pointsintegerNo story pointstrue
Ideal daysintegerNo ideal daystrue
Assigneeuser[1]<All users who are members of the group for the project team>Unassignedtrue

Agile Boards

Two agile boards are created for the project: one for development and another for project management.

Project Management Board

The Project Management Board represents the relationship between epics and user stores. Only issues with these types are displayed on the board. Swimlanes are defined by epics. Estimation for the user stories is counted in story points. The project management board has the following default configuration:

Project Management — General Settings

SettingValue
Name[Project Name] Project Management
Project[Project Name]
Visible forProject based
Change settings byProject based

Project Management Board Columns

SettingValue
Board ColumnsBoard Columns are identified by State field.
ColumnsOpen, In Progress, To Verify, Done
WIP SettingsThe number of tasks that are allowed in each column is set as follows:
ColumnMin WIPMax WIPMax tasks
Open0Unlimited30
In Progress0Unlimited30
To Verify0Unlimited30
Done0Unlimited30

Project Management Board Fields

The following settings are used to represent the entities that are shown on the board:

SettingValue
Saved search to show as backlog[Project Name] Managers Scrum Board
Estimation fieldStory points
Field for color-coded cardsPriority
Max swimlanes10
Default max tasks per column30

Project Management — Swimlanes

The following settings determine which issue types are used for Swimlanes on the project management board.

SettingValue
Field to identify swimlaneType
Field values to identify swimlaneEpic
Field values to identify taskUser Story

Project Development Board

The Project Development Board represents the relationship between user stories and tasks. Swimlanes are defined by user stories. This board also displays issues with the type Task. Estimation for the tasks is counted in ideal days. The board for development has the following default configuration:

Development Board — General Settings

SettingValue
Name[Project Name] Development
Project[Project Name]
Visible for[Project Team Group]
Updatable by[Project Team Group]

Development Board Columns

SettingValue
Board ColumnsBoard Columns are identified by State field.
ColumnsOpen, In Progress, To Verify, Done
WIP SettingsThe number of tasks that are allowed in each column is set as follows:
ColumnMin WIPMax WIPMax tasks
Open0Unlimited30
In Progress0Unlimited30
To Verify0Unlimited30
Done0Unlimited30

Development Board Fields

The following settings are used to represent the entities that are shown on the board:

SettingValue
Saved search to show as backlog[Project Name] Scrum Board Backlog
Estimation fieldIdeal days
Field for color-coded cardsPriority
Max swimlanes10
Default max tasks per column30

Development Board — Swimlanes

The following settings determine which issue types are used for Swimlanes on the board.

SettingValue
Field to identify swimlaneType
Field values to identify swimlaneUser Story

Workflows

The following default workflows are attached to the project automatically:

In addition to the default workflows, a workflow that is specific to the Scrum board is attached to the project automatically. The Scrum workflow contains several rules that help you manage assignees, ideal days, story points, and subtasks on a scrum board. For a detailed description of this workflow, see Scrum.

Last modified: 18 April 2017