Contents:

1. Using Kanban in the Task Based Planner
   1. Configure Kanban Setting
   2. When you exceed the WIP limits
   3. Set Column Status in Story Board

Using Kanban in the Task Based Planner

Task task based planner supports Kanban development by allowing you to set Work In Progress (WIP) limits and giving you alerts if you and your team have exceeded those limits.

Configure Kanban Setting

To configure the story/task statuses, open up the Release Properties dialog from the toolbar, and navigate to either the "Story Status" page or the "Task Status" page.

1. In the main table, you can rename a status, associate the status to a different status on the repository, and edit the minimum and the maximum of the WIP limit for each status.
2. Using the buttons to the right, you can add, remove and reorder your task statuses. Note: each status on the repository must be associated with at least one custom status.
3. If your task repository supports having two separated sets of statuses for tasks and stories, you may select the status attribute here.

When you exceed the WIP limits

The status column with the exceeded WIP limit will be highlighted in either red (over the limit) or yellow (under the limit). A message will appear below the column label, indicating the amount of stories/tasks that exceed the limit. You may open the Release Properties dialog by clicking on the message to review your settings.

In the Release Planner, if any of WIP limits is exceeded for the active sprint, a warning icon will be displayed in the “Status” column of the sprint.

Set Column Status in Story Board

The task based planner also supports setting a sub-status for stories. Depending on your development process, you may benefit from having an visual indication on whether a story is ready to be pulled to the next status column.

To set the column status, go to the Story Board and click on the empty space to the right/left of the story cards. The story card will then be shifted within the column to reflect the updated column status.