Search for stories that have resource planning conflicts

Question

Hi, I hope I can make clear what I hope is possible.

I have three projects with each their own product owner. Some(times) developers can be assigned to stories of more than one project. I would like project A to have a Kanban board where he sees in the swimming lanes only the developers (assignees) having stories of that project A with all other stories that developer is assigned to.

simply said (but not done):

where assignee in (has stores from project A)

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @Sjaak Kassies

Thanks for the update.

One key thing to know is that a board's filter manages what appears in reporting.  For Kanban, that is less critical because you can adjust things like the Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD) with Refine Report.  Keep this in mind when using the reports so you can still see one project at a time, as needed.

If this approach helped you, please consider marking the question as answered so others in the community can benefit and find solutions quickly.  Thank you!

Sjaak Kassies · Answer

Hi Bill, thanks for your reply. This is indeed the compromise I have set up :)  The only downside is that the planning board will have to include all stories from all assignees (developers), and not just stories of assignees that have at least 1 story from the project you own. in my case I have 3 projects. in reality this is 7 and we want to be able to scale up. But it is workable for now. With a quick filter "where project is [my project]" you can quickly see what developers you should keep an eye out (in the swimming lanes that are then still shown), and turn off the quick filter to see what other projects are involved with that assignee.

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @Sjaak Kassies

Are you using a Classic or Next-Gen project?  If it is classic you could try:

* Create Kanban boards for each team so they can manage their own work (project)
* Create a specific Kanban board to span all projects to solve your planning conflicts* Filter with project IN (A, B, C) ORDER BY Rank
* Set swim lanes by Assignee
* Add quick filters for each project

Any of the Product Owners could look at this board (or ideally they could do this together), filter by project and identify people (assignee) with the overlapping work.

Best regards,

Bill