Issues & boards

An issue is the atomic unit of work in Planoda. It has a title, an optional description, a workflow state, a priority, an assignee, and any labels, project, or cycle you attach. Boards and lists are simply different views over the same issues — changing an issue on the board changes it everywhere instantly, because there is only one row underneath.

Workflow states

Each team defines its own workflow states, grouped into categories (backlog, unstarted, started, completed, canceled). Board columns map to these states; dragging a card to a new column sets its state. Because state is a first-class field rather than a board-only concept, the same state shows up in the list view, in filters, and in the API.

Boards and ranking

Within a column, issues carry a fractional rank so you can drag one between any two others without renumbering the rest. The rank is stored on the issue, so the order you set on the board is the order everyone sees and the order the API returns.

Board column: In Progress
  ENG-1042  Fix flaky board reorder test     (rank a0)
  ENG-1051  Cache the workflow-state lookup  (rank a1)
  ENG-1047  Add cycle burn-up chart          (rank a2)

Triage

New work usually lands in a backlog or an inbox. Triage is the act of giving it a priority, an owner, and a home (a project or cycle). You can triage from the keyboard in seconds, or let AI triage propose the priority, team, and labels for you — see the AI triage guide.