Delegate work and track progress
After adding items into your Feature, you can start tracking them by adding properties.
At the end of this help article, you would have learned how to assign, set due dates, update statuses, and estimate your items.
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Assign items
Once you’ve collaborated your squad with team members, you can start delegating pieces of work to them by assigning work items from your Feature.
When assigned, your team mates will be notified via Slack (if you’ve integrated your account with Slack) and email.
Using Keyboard
- With the cursor on the item you want to assign to, type
/a
. - You will now see a list of members collaborated on your squad.
- Select a member from the drop down suggestion to assign the task to them.
Using Mouse
- From within the Feature, right click on the item you want to assign a team member to.
- Select the assignee icon from the item menu.
- From the drop down suggestion, select a member to assign the task to them.
Did you know?: You can assign work items to multiple team members in Zepel.
Using Single Item Popup
- Hover on any item inside your Feature.
- Click on the
Expand Item
icon from the right side of an item.
- On the top, click on Assignee to open the dropdown.
- From the drop down suggestion, select a member to assign the task to them.
Set due dates
Due dates let you set deadlines for your work items.
When a specific work item is not yet completed on the due date, member assigned to that item will be notified via email. That way, your team never misses another deadline and all your work items stay updated.
Using Keyboard
- With the cursor on the item you want to set a due date to, type
/d
. - From the calendar drop down, select a date.
- Alternatively, you can just type
Today
,Tomorrow
,Yesterday
,Next Monday
, or the date.
Using Mouse
- From the Feature, right click on the item you want to set a due date to.
- Select the calendar icon from the item menu.
- From the calendar dropdown, select a date to set it as the item’s due date.
Using Single Item Popup
- Hover on any item inside your Feature.
- Click on the
Expand Item
icon from the right side of an item.
- On the top, click on Due Date to open the calendar.
- From the calendar dropdown, select a date to set it as the item’s due date.
Update Board Statuses
Adding statuses to your work items help the entire team stay updated on your progress.
By default, all squads will have a Default Board with Todo
, In Progress
, Resolved
, and Done
statuses. You can add a new Board in your squad to match statuses with your workflow.
Learn how to add Boards into your squad →
Using Keyboard
- With the cursor on the item you want to update a status for, type
/b
to push the work item to a specific Board. - From the drop down, select the status.
Using Mouse
- From the Feature, right click on the item you want to the update status.
- Select the flag icon from the item menu.
- From the drop down suggestion, select a status to update the item’s status.
Using Single Item Popup
- Hover on any item inside your Feature.
- Click on the
Expand Item
icon from the right side of an item.
- On the top, click on Board to open the dropdown.
- From the drop down suggestion, select a status to update the item’s status.
Pro Tip: As team members move items from one status to another from their Board, you can see how an entire feature is shaping up from within your Feature.
Estimate items
Add an estimate to your work item, so you can see an approximate estimate of how long your work will take to get completed.
Estimates in Zepel are measured in points. They are useful when you’d like to view Burnup and Burndown charts for your Sprint. Or when you Filter your Feature.
Using Keyboard
- With the cursor on the item you want to estimate, type
/e
. - In the text field, enter a number between 0.01 and 1000.
Using Mouse
- From the Feature, right click on the item you want to estimate.
- Select timer icon from the item menu.
- Enter a number between 0.01 and 1000 in the text field to estimate your item.
Using Single Item Popup
- Hover on any item inside your Feature.
- Click on the
Expand Item
icon from the right side of an item.
- On the top, click on Estimate to add an estimate.
- Enter a number between 0.01 and 1000 in the text field and press Enter.
Pro Tip:
- You can set a property to multiple items at once by selecting multiple items with your mouse and using the item menu.
- Properties can be set and updated from the item details pop-up as well. Click on the expand icon from the right side of any item to access an item’s details.