Planio Support (english)

# Agile

Planio lets you use agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban or Extreme programming for your projects.

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## Agile Methodologies

Agile methodologies includes a group of software development methods such as Scrum, Kanban or Extreme programming. They’re all based on the idea that requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams.

We’ll look at how you can use Planio for one of these methodologies.

## What you can do with Planio's Agile App?

Here’s what it will look like once it’s set up:

  - see all the sprint items on one board

  - drag-n-drop items or update them on the board

  - plan your sprints and create issue backlogs

  - generate burndown charts, cumulative flow charts, velocity charts and more

## Getting Set Up

Make sure that the Agile app is activated. Go to the Apps tab and install the Agile app.

![](01_install_Agile_app.png)

## Start Simple

We've found that you'll have the most success if you start off with a simple set-up and work from there. Once you've completed a few sprints with Planio, you'll be in a better position to see what customizations will make sense for you.

## Plan a Sprint

If you don't have any issues in your project, add some issues now. Then, once your project has issues, it's time to plan your next sprint. Click on **New Sprint**. Give a name to your new sprint such as Sprint #1 and set the start date. Now, you can drag an issue from the **Issues without sprint** column to the sprint you just created.

![](spring_planning_first_sprint.png)

## View Items on Your Agile Board and Create Sprint Views

Click on **Agile board** in the navigation bar and you'll see the the issues laid out on the Agile board. By default, you'll see all issues in the project, rather than just the issues for the current sprint.

Therefore, we'll create and save a filter for the current sprint. Click on 'Add filter' in the top right hand corner and select the 'Sprint/Milestone'. Make sure the filter is Sprint / Milestone is set to the current sprint and click 'Save'.

![](Set_sprint_filter.png)

On the next page, you can **name** this filter, make it **visible to all users** and set it as the **default board**, so you don't have to select this filter each time.

![](new_agile_board.png)

It will appear in the right sidebar under 'My agile boards'.

You can now drag and drop issues on your Agile board. You can also update items by right-clicking on them (Windows) or double-clicking on them (Mac).

![](Update_issues_on_board.png)

## Graphs, Graphs, Graphs!

Click on **Add filter**, select **Sprint/Milestone** and set it to the current sprint, so you can see the charts as they relate to the current sprint.

**Burndown charts** show you how a project is progressing. They highlights the impact of adding new feature requests, and they'll let you know if things aren't going according to plan.

![](Issues_burndown_chart.png)

The **velocity chart** shows you the output of a team per sprint.

![](velocity_chart.png)

**Lead time** is the time between an issue being opened and being closed. Teams using a Kanban approach often favor this method over the velocity chart, and they'll focus on improving the lead time rather than velocity.

![](lead_time_charts.png)

**Cumulative flow** shows how issues are 'flowing' through different statuses.

![](cumulative_flow_chart.png)

This chart helps answer questions such as:

1.  Are issues reaching their final state?

2.  Is there a particular status that's tacking a lot of time?

3.  How long does it take you to go from an idea to value?

4.  Is the scope of the project changing over time?