Timeboxes

Introduction

Timeboxes define consecutive timeframes used for work planning. It helps to think of them as, e.g., sprints, iterations, increments, or stages.

There are two types of timeboxes:

• Automatic (synchronize Jira sprints)

• Manually added timeboxes (the type of timeboxes you can add manually depends on the box type settings)

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Box type settings

Timeboxes are applied when the sequentially of the box type is set to 'Sequential' (Administration > Box types > click on the box type name > General > Advanced > Sequentiality).

See the screenshot

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Automatic timeboxes (synchronize Jira sprints)

To start working with the Board module, you need to configure timeboxes.

To create timeboxes based on Jira sprints from a selected Jira board:

Sprint dates are missing in Jira

When Jira sprints do not have dates, timeboxes cannot be created. In this case, you get the following message.

Solution: Fill in the dates for the first Jira sprint and synchronize again.

Using Jira boards to create automatic timeboxes

You can choose a Jira board to create timeboxes automatically. The chosen board is then automatically added to the Box’s scope:

This way, you can be sure that all the tasks from the board are in the Box (this applies especially to the boards with complex structures, e.g., boards connected to different projects).

Switch from automatically to manually added timeboxes

To switch from automatically to manually added timeboxes:

1. Go to Box configuration > Tasks > Scope definition > Timeboxes.

2. Select Manually created timeboxes.

3. Click Save.

Manually added timeboxes

To start working with the Board module, you need to configure timeboxes.

Create first timeboxes

To create first timeboxes manually:

Create next timeboxes

If you already have timeboxes and want to create next timeboxes, you can:

• Create next timeboxes on the Scope definition page

• Create next timeboxes directly in the Board module

Method 1 (Scope definition page):

Method 2 (the Board module):

Next timebox template

If you want a new subsequent timebox to have its scope definition set based on the selected timebox:

1. Enable the Next timebox template toggle switch.

2. Click on the cog button and define if the value name convention will be based on:

   1. Values of this timebox - sprint names will be generated based on the setup of this timebox

   2. New box name - sprint names will be generated based on the newly created box

Project teams with separate sprints

If project teams have separate sprints:

1. Go to the Scope definition page.

2. Tick Each team has a different mapping with value.

3. Enter the sprint name and data for each team.

4. Click Save.

Actions on timeboxes

You can perform the following actions on timeboxes (available on the Scope definition page and in the Board module):