Kanban Board Quick Filter - Due this Week

[Peter Padilla]

I  have created a Kanban board, with swimlanes by Epic.

I have a Quick Filter for the board which filters "Target End" <= "EndofWeek()

The issues with a Target end date appear correctly.  However, sub-tasks whose parent story or parent epic is not due this week are dropped to the bottom of the screen in a swim lane with "Issues without Epics."

Is there a better query to keep the parent relationship and show a swim lane for any epic or story that has tasks or sub-tasks due this week?

[George Mihailoff]

Maybe a different angle to your question -- swimlanes is a great way to specify different classes of services (e.g. expedite, fixed date, any time). You could add a swimlane called "Fixed Date" so that it is crystal clear for the team what is the delivery expectation. 

For managers, you can consider creating a separate Epics-only board for a high-level view.

[Peter Padilla]

Thanks!

I do actually have an epics-only board to keep some of that top-level information, but I also run a weekly meeting with the front-line managers to be sure they know what their teams are doing and what's due.  I like having it organized by epic, but if the epic itself isn't showing "due" (or even the story isn't showing due this week, but the sub-task is) then the sub-task appears orphaned "without an epic."

I'm doing things similar to what you recommend, but still am trying to figure out how to show the grandchildren in relation to the epic when the epic isn't yet due.

[George Mihailoff]

I don't know how to solve this, maybe automation rules to trickle down due dates from Epic to task and sub-task. Maybe an app that can do this magic for you. In our app, we synchronize resolution dates between child and epics, so it definitely possible.