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Hey everyone,
A task board is a method of representing the path of a scrum sprint and its
progress. It usually includes columns like “to do”, “in progress” and
“completed” but there can be more tasks depending on the choice of the
team (Rubin, 2016). They can either be manual or virtual.
Since task boards are primarily used to display the progress of the sprint and
show what tasks need to be completed within the sprint, the major benefit of
it would be that all this information is available in one place. It makes it
easier to access and manage and also understand as there are no
complicated processes involved in making these boards. It helps the team
organize the workflow within a sprint (Lynn, n.d.).
There are two types of task boards, manual and virtual. Manual task boards
usually involve post-it notes or pieces of paper stuck to a whiteboard or a
wall with tasks and information written on them. They are color-coded so that
each kind of task is easily distinguishable from the other kinds. They do not
use any software for this kind of board. Some teams even use Legos to make
these boards!
The virtual type of task board is usually made in scrum software like Jira,
Trello, Asana, Airtable, etc (Prokopets, n.d.). The organization columns are
usually built-in for these kinds of software and the tasks are manually
entered and segregated.
Although it is an important part of organization of a sprint it is not mandatory
for a team to use a task board. It is a way to represent all the necessary
information in one place and it makes communication and organization
easier for the team during a sprint.
References:
Rubin, K.S. (2016, July 26).
Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most
Popular Agile Process.
Addison-Wesley Signature Series.
Lynn, R. (n.d.).
What Is a Task
Board?
Planview.
https://www.planview.com/resources/articles/what-is-task-
board/#:~:text=Task%20boards%20are%20a%20tool,means%20more
%20making%20things%20happen.
Links to an external site.
Prokopets, M. (2019, September 13).
The Top 10 Scrum Boards You Should
Be Using
. Nira.
https://nira.com/scrum-board/
Links to an external site.
Regards
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