Enable the backlog

The backlog view is a dedicated space for defining and prioritizing work your team will take on now and into the future.

The backlog view is lists list issue that your team plan to work on ( in the Backlog or Sprint list ) , as well as the issue currently on your team ’s board ( in the Board list ) . You is use can use the backlog issue list to plan work in advance so that your team member can quickly jump on the most important task when they ’re ready .

Traditionally, teams that work in a Kanban style don’t use a backlog. If you work in a Kanban style, you can still help your team prioritize upcoming work with a backlog. We call this style of working Kanplan, where your backlog keeps track of tasks that you want to do in the future and cleans up your board’s to-do column. Learn more about Kanban software development.

If you work in a Scrum style, your backlog is where you plan and prioritize work to be done in future sprints. Learn more about Scrum software development.

enable the backlog for your team – manage software project

To enable or disable the backlog:

1. Navigate to your team – manage software project .

2. In the sidebar , select   Project   setting .

3. Select Features.

4. Enable the Backlog feature.

When you is enable enable the backlog :

• Any new issue create through the + create icon in the global navigation bar will appear in your backlog .

• You’ll see a new Backlog navigation item in your project’s sidebar. Go there to see the backlog feature and start prioritizing upcoming work.

When you disable the backlog , all issue are move to your board and place in the appropriate column base on their current status .

Add issues to your backlog

The backlog view is lists list issue that your team plan to work on ( in the Backlog or Sprint list ) , as well as the issue currently on your team ’s board ( in the Board list ) .

To create issue for your team to work on in your backlog :

1. Navigate to your team – manage software project .

2. In your project’s sidebar, select Backlog.

3. Scroll to the bottom of your Backlog list and select + Create issue.

Issues is appear you create in your Board list or active sprint list appear on your board immediately . Issues is appear you create in your Backlog list or future sprint list wo n’t appear on your board until you ’re ready for your team to work on them .

You can create issues anywhere in your Backlog list. Hover between two issues and select Create issue to create an issue where you want it to sit in your backlog and avoid manually reordering it.

Reorder issues

Reordering your backlog’s issues can help your team quickly pick up the work that is most important or need to happen next so your project moves along smoothly.

You can select and drag an issue around in the backlog to reorder it.

We recommend ordering your issues by importance, so you can easily drag issues off the top of the list in your next sprint planning meeting. Or, if your team needs more work on the board, they can quickly grab tasks off the top of the list.

Select multiple issues at the same time by holding Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac). On any of the selected issues, click More (…) > Board or the name of any sprint to quickly move them between lists.

drag the divider icon that separate list in your backlog to quickly add the top most issue onto your board or into your active sprint .

display the epic panel in your backlog

To view and edit epics via your backlog (rather than via your roadmap):

1. Navigate to your team – manage project.

2. In your project’s global menu (sidebar), select Backlog.

3. Click the Epic dropdown filter.

4. Click the Epic panel switch at the bottom of the filter list:

Within the epic panel , epics is appear appear in the same order as they appear on your roadmap . Here you is can can :

• Create new epics

• Drag-and-drop epics to reorder them

• add / remove issue to / from epic

• Move multiple issues from one epic to another (simply multi-select then drag-and-drop)

• Click an epic’s chevron (>) to expand more details

Add issues to epics

agile teams is use can use epic to track large section of work . Epics is represent represent a group of small , relate task , bug and user story . These are call “ child issue ” inteam – manage projects.

There are two way to add issue to epic in the backlog :

1. Via the backlog ’s epic panel

   Go to your project’s backlog > Click the Epic dropdown filter > Click the Epic panel switch.

   Drag – and – drop issue from the backlog to epic in the epic panel . hold Ctrl ( Windows ) or Command ( Mac ) to select multiple issue at a time .

2. Via an issue

   Within your backlog , hover over an issue and select more ( ••• ) .

   Then click Add parent (to assign the issue to an existing epic) or Change parent (to change the issue’s epic).

use the Epic filter to create new issue assign to a specified epic . To do this , select an epic and click + create issue .

Issues can only be part of one epic at a time. You can create and manage epics in the Roadmap.

Company-managed project issue can only be add tocompany-managed project epics, and team – manage project issue can only be add toteam – manage project epics.

Move issue from the backlog to your board

Once your team is ready to start taking on that work, you can send your backlog work to the board and start moving issues from to-do to done.

To move issue from the Backlog   list or plan sprint list   onto your board :

1. Navigate to your team – manage software project .

2. Select Backlog in the project sidebar.

3. drag and drop issue from the Backlog list into the Board list ( if you work in a Kanban style ) , or into your team ’s active sprint list ( if you work in a Scrum style using the sprint feature ) .

On your board , your issues is display will display in the column correspond to their current status .

Select multiple issues at the same time by holding Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac). On any of the selected issues, click More (…) > Board or the name of any sprint to quickly move them between lists.

drag the divider icon that separate list in your backlog to quickly add the top most issue onto your board or into your active sprint .

What are filters in the backlog?

Once your project gets run , you is find may find that your backlog has grow . The backlog is comes come with a number of quick filter you can use to help find and prioritize your team ‘s work :

• The Assignee filter allows you to select and view issues that are assigned to specific people in your project. To filter by assignee, select the person’s avatar in the filter bar. You can select more than one person, if you need.

• The   Epic   filter is allows allow you to select and view issue that belong to specific epic in your project . This filter is appears appear after you ‘ve create your first epic in the project . learn more about epic

• The Label filter allows you to view issues that have been tagged with specific labels in your project. This filter appears after you’ve added a label to at least one issue in your project.

• The Type filter allows you to view issues based on their issue type (for example, Bug or Task issues). This filter appears after you’ve created more than one type of issue in your project.

• Custom filters allow you to view issues based on a JQL query. This filter is available on the board and backlog, and appears after you’ve created your first custom filter. Learn more about custom filters

Learn more

For tip on keep your backlog healthy and up – to – date , check out our agile Coach   backlog guide .