Help needed - Enable Kanban View on Existing Backlog

[Jing Gu]

I need some help.

My team has created a Backlog for our project.

Now, we would like to create Kanban for the project.

Can someone enlighten us on the steps we will take to complete this task? 

We should have started with Kanban but somehow, we found Backlog more familiar and started there. And we hope to find a way to "import" all our entries into the Kanban.

Many thanks.

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @Jing Gu 

Given that the project is of type "Team Managed Software"

1. Navigate to the project (click the project link shown in your image)

2. Check if you see a Board tab in the display. Check if you also have a Backlog tab.

3. Board should be present already. But if it isn't then click on the ... button next to the project name and select Project Settings.

4. Select Features on the left.

5. On the right you'll see features that can be enabled and disabled for your project. Board should be enabled with no option to disable it. But if it is not enabled, enable it.

6. If you want a Kanban style board, not a Scrum board, scroll down and make sure that Sprints is disabled.

7. If you want to also have a Backlog list where you can keep some issues "in the backlog" and not displayed on the Board. scroll up and enable the Backlog feature.

[Varsha Joshi]

Hi @Jing Gu 

One way I know is to click into the Search text box on the Jira landing page and you would see "Boards" at the bottom of the window. Click on "Boards". There is a "Create Board" blue button on top left corner. Follow the instructions that follow to create your board.

Hope this helps.