Plan project work into a cycle

Overview

A project describes the full job, while a cycle contains the work you have chosen for a particular period. Use both to preserve the purpose of a task while deciding when the team will do it.

Cycle breakdowns show the recorded work by assignee or project. Use that information to review the plan against what the team can actually do.

Before you start

Choose open project issues and a cycle belonging to the same team as those issues.

1Review the project’s next tasks

Open the project and check the issues, owners, and dependencies. Choose the work that belongs in the next period.

2Check the cycle and dates

Create or open the team’s cycle and confirm its start and end dates.

3Assign the chosen issues

Select that cycle in each chosen issue’s properties. Keep the project link so the task’s purpose remains clear. The issue’s cycle must match its team.

4Review the combined plan

Open the cycle and compare the Assignees and Projects breakdowns. Adjust the plan where needed. Issue status changes appear in the cycle and project views.