How to organize an engineering sprint

Steps

1. 01

   Create the project

   In the Issues navigator, click All projects, then New project. Pick a short Identifier (it can't be changed later), turn on Working days if you want, add Members and click Create project.

   In the user guide
2. 02

   Link the project to a GitHub repository

   In Settings › Integrations, click Configure on the GitHub card, then Connect to a project next to the repository. Its issues and pull requests then sync with the project both ways.

   In the user guide
3. 03

   Set up labels and components

   Click Labels in the navigator and New label for kinds of work such as Bug or Design. Under the project, open Components, click New component and pick a Lead for each part of the product.

   In the user guide
4. 04

   Create a milestone for the sprint

   Open Milestones under the project and click New milestone. Set its status to In progress, set the Start and Target dates to the sprint's dates, and click Create milestone.

   In the user guide
5. 05

   Add estimated issues to the milestone

   Click New issue, type the Issue title, and use the chips to set the assignee, labels, component, estimate and milestone. In a project linked to GitHub, the button says where the issue goes, such as Create in lumen-app.

   In the user guide
6. 06

   Run the sprint on the board

   Filter the project's issues by Milestone and click Save as to keep the view, then click Board. Drag a card to another column to change its status.

   In the user guide
7. 07

   Report time as work is done

   On an issue, click + next to Spent time, pick a duration and click Create. Lists show spent time against the estimate, for example 2h / 3h.

   In the user guide