How can I tell what workflow a status is from when setting up kanban columns?

[Andy McCormick]

We have a good many workflows. In some cases, those workflows share statuses and those statuses mean different things in those workflows when applied to Kanban columns. For some workflows, a status of "deployed to production" might be a Done column item, while for others, it's an in-progress item. 

When setting up the Kanabn columns now, I just see a list of statuses from all the available workflows. Is it possible to tell what workflow status is from, so I can determine the best column for that status to reside? 

[Kristján Geir Mathiesen · Accepted solution]

Hi @Andy McCormick and welcome.

Well, in my mind each workflow status should have a distinct meaning. So I think your problem lies deeper than on the Kanban board. The workflows should have a more descriptive statuses instead of using "To Do" for everything, so to speak. Hope I am not offending here, don't mean to :)

You could change the filter on the board to only include one project and one issue type. Then create a corresponding column for that "To Do" status. Then go and add another project or issue type. Map that "To Do" status to a new or correct column. And so on.

Would that work for you?

HTH,
KGM

[Andy McCormick]

yeah, I agree regarding Status names. I'm just coming onto this team and doing some auditing. Trying to figure out how much I should offer to break their current way of doing things vs slowly merging into new ways. So definitely no offense taken :)

The changing filter seems like it could work. It would be a little time-consuming, but may achieve the desired result. Thanks!

[Kristján Geir Mathiesen]

Oh glad there is no offense taken @Andy McCormick  :) It is hard walking into these situations.

Could you please mark my answer as correct even though it is time consuming?

Much appreciated. Have a great weekend!

KGM

[Kristján Mathiesen]

Hi @Andy McCormick  Hope your weekend went well.

Did my answer work for you?

Best,
KGM

[Andy McCormick]

Since it was the best option I had, I went ahead and marked it as accepted. Thanks!