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• General 

  • allow users to configure basic board parameters, add and/or delete projects and (coming soon) share the board with other users.

• Versions workflow 

  • helps to define custom release versions workflow by adding, changing or removing columns. Also, defines a mapping between Jira "Released" / "Unreleased" standard statuses and custom columns on the board.

General section

On the General section an administrator can:

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There is no need to confirm the changes. They are saved automatically once control losses the focus.

Projects on the board

You can add projects to the release board and/or remove them. All Versions from selected projects are displayed on the board. 

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Permissions management

There are two levels of board permissions, namely Administration and Browse permissions.

Board Administration permissions

Board Administrators are able to browse the board and change its configuration. It is possible to add few Administrators to the board by mixing individual users and groups. 

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The Board Administrators can delete themselves from the list unless there is at least one active Administrator remaining in the list. If user tries to delete the last remaining Administrator of the list the warning message will appear preventing this action to happen.

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Board Browse permissions

Browse board permissions are granted by using the "Share board with" feature. Board Administrators and global Jira Administrators have board browse permissions by default.

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• Users of projects in board 

  • this option grants View Board permission to all users who have permission to view projects added to the board. 

• Users of projects

  • View Board permission is granted to all users who have permissions to browse selected projects. 

• Users and groups

  • share the board with specified users and groups by granting them View Board permission.

Hide outdated releases

You can automatically hide releases that have not been update for sometime. The following time intervals are supported:

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🆕 Color coding for releases

You can configure color coding for cards on the board and bars on the Roadmap and Calendar. Most of options are based on release workflow state or release scope progress.

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• By Board Column Status (Default)

  • Blue - Unreleased

  • Green - Released

• By Progress

  • Green >90% are Done

  • Yellow >20% are Done

  • Orange >5% are Done or “in progress” !=0

  • Grey - 0% done

• Custom (see below)

  • Grey by default

  • with option to select custom color coding for individual Fix Versions

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• Board Column Status (Default)

  • Blue - Unreleased

  • Green - Released

• By Epic Status

  • Status Category (Todo, In Progress, Done )

• By Progress

  • Green >90% are Done

  • Yellow >20% are Done

  • Orange >5% are Done or “in progress” !=0

  • Grey - 0% done

• Custom (see below)

  • Grey by default

  • with option to select custom color coding for individual Epics

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• Board Column Status(Default)

  • Blue - Unreleased

  • Green - Released

• Sprint Status

  • Grey - Not Started

  • Blue - In Progress

  • Green - Done

• By Progress

  • Green >90% are Done

  • Yellow >20% are Done

  • Orange >5% are Done or “in progress” !=0

  • Grey - 0% done

• Custom (see below)

  • Grey by default

  • with option to select custom color coding for individual Epics

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• Board Column Status (Default)

  • Blue - Unreleased

  • Green - Released

• By Progress

  • Green >90% are Done

  • Yellow >20% are Done

  • Orange >5% are Done or “in progress” !=0

  • Grey - 0% done

• Custom (see below)

  • Grey by default

  • with option to select custom color coding for individual Epics

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• Board Column Status(Default)

  • Grey - Todo

  • Yellow - In Progress

  • Green - Done

• By Progress

  • Green >90% are Done

  • Yellow >20% are Done

  • Orange >5% are Done or “in progress” !=0

  • Grey - 0% done

• Custom (see below)

  • Grey by default

  • with option to select custom color coding for individual Epics

Custom color coding

If you select Custom in any of the dropdowns all the release items of selected category (Fix Versions, Epics, Sprints, JQL versions) will be color by default in Grey. But this turns on the flexibility of coloring individual release items with the pallet you like (similar to Epics in Jira).

To do so click on release item to show details popup. Close to the name you will see a pallet with an option to pick up a custom color.

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Blackout Periods (Non-working Days)

Configurations

In “Non-working Days“ section of Board Configuration you can setup backout periods.

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To delete period click on delete button on the right. You would need to confirm before blackout period will be permanently deleted.

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Roadmap and Calendar views

Once configured in board sessions backout periods will be shown on Calendar and Roadmap view using the shades of the colors picked up. Once you put the mouse on the day caption a tooltip with backout hint will be show.

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