monday.com for software development: Sprint planning and bug tracking setup
Our dev team (8 developers) is moving from Jira to monday.com. Need to set up: product backlog, sprint boards, bug tracking, and release planning. How do you handle the Agile workflow in monday.com? Can it work for Scrum sprints? What's your column and view setup?
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Three-board Agile setup: 1) Backlog (all features and bugs, prioritized), 2) Sprint Board (current sprint with 'To Do', 'In Progress', 'Code Review', 'Done'), 3) Release Board (version tracking). Use 'Sprint' column to filter current sprint items. Key: create a 'Story Points' column (numbers) and use formula to calculate velocity. The 'Subitems' feature is perfect for acceptance criteria. Views: Backlog = Board (grouped by priority), Sprint = Gantt (for timeline view).
monday.com can work but it's not as Agile-native as Jira. We use the 'Timeline' column for sprint dates and 'Status' for story points (S, M, L, XL). The main win is the unified view - developers see tasks alongside marketing and ops. Accept that some Jira features won't translate 1:1.