The monday dev Epics board is a clear and detailed way to oversee the progress and development of your epics. Not only is it a crucial tool to be used within your dev team, but it's also a great way to communicate milestones with other internal teams as well as external stakeholders. We want to take you through how to utilize monday dev's epic planning board to get started with your high-level feature management. Let's check it out!

  

Map out your epics

The Epics roadmap is organized into groups representing yearly quarters according to when each epic is scheduled to be completed as well as a backlog to see what will be worked on next. 

Each item in the board is an individual epic, which is broken down and further organized using the columns added to the board. The columns give our epics structure and ensure that all of the crucial information is provided, including the epic owner, a description and timeline of the epic, the prioritization of each feature, and an overview of mirrored sprints.

 

 

Connect your tasks

The Epics feature roadmap is an important puzzle piece in your monday dev product. It works together with your Tasks board to put everything in perspective and chronology. While the roadmap functions as a high-level overview, giving the big picture of your team's epics, the tasks drill down into all the details so that you can see exactly what you need to when you need to.

 

Using the Connect Boards Column, we've linked your Tasks board to your Epics board! In each cell of the "Connected tasks" column, you can see all of the relevant sprints connected to each epic for a comprehensive breakdown of tasks involved. 

 

The following columns mirror data from the Tasks board including the Connected tasks, Estimated effort, and Tasks progress.

 

 

Epic breakdown

In monday dev, you have the ability to create task dependencies, and with the Epic breakdown feature, you can centralize all of your items that have dependencies in one place, keeping all related tasks organized and consolidated into one unified view. Click on the specific item, navigate to Epic Overview, and scroll down to Connected boards and then All tasks to see a summary in one convenient place.

 

Visualize your epics with Gantt

The Main Table View of your board lays out the details and organization of your roadmap, but we've zoomed out to let you see your epics in Gantt format as well. The Gantt View gives you a visual translation of the items on your board so you see everything that needs to be done in the context of a timeline.

 

Label change conditions

 

Setting label change conditions and required fields on monday dev allows product managers and other stakeholders to ensure important information is captured, route tasks efficiently, and keep everyone on the same page. You can require specific details and triggering actions based on certain conditions using label change conditions. 

To use this feature, click on the column you want to add a condition to, and then click on Settings. Next, click on Set label change conditions, and select which label change you want to be affected.

Next, choose from the dropdown menu if you want a Name, Person, Date, or People field to be required before allowing the label change.

Click on Apply and then Done, after which your label condition will be put into place. The affected column label will not be able to be changed unless the required condition is addressed.

 

With this template mastered, your dev team is well on its way to smashing upcoming goals and milestones!

 

 

If you have any questions, please reach out to our team right here. We’re available 24/7 and happy to help.