Decide on an agile methodology
You can use either a Scrum or Kanban agile methodology for your agile team. Each methodology provides various benefits. The way your agile team works determines the agile methodology you choose to use.
Both Scrum and Kanban agile methodologies in Workfront allow you to move stories across a story board to indicate a status change and progress of the story.
Scrum and Kanban agile methodologies in Workfront differ in the following ways:
Benefits of using Kanban in Workfront
The Kanban agile methodology in Workfront enables you to more easily move stories across an agile story board while limiting the amount of work in progress. There are no start and end dates when using the Kanban agile methodology.
The following functionality supports this methodology:
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Display the backlog on the Kanban agile story board.
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Configure items on the backlog to be automatically added to the Kanban agile story board when other items are moved to a status that equates with Complete.
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Configure a Work In Progress (WIP) limit to be displayed on the Kanban agile story board.
For more information, see Manage the work in progress (WIP) limit on the Kanban board.
Benefits of using Scrum in Workfront
The Scrum agile methodology in Workfront enables you to add a set of stories to an agile iteration and create a story board for that iteration. The iteration is based on the start and end dates that you define.
The following functionality supports this methodology:
- Include issues on the Scrum story board
- Include issues on the backlog of an agile team
- Subtasks can be displayed on the Scrum story board
- View a burndown chart to see progress against stories during the iteration
For more information, see Agile burndown chart overview.
Create an agile team
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Click the Main Menu icon in the upper-right corner of Adobe Workfront, or (if available), click the Main Menu icon in the upper-left corner, then click Teams.
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Click the Switch Teams icon , then click Create new team.
The New Team box displays.
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Specify the following information:
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Click Create.
For information on configuring an Agile team, see the following articles:
Convert an existing team into an agile team
You can convert an existing team to be an agile team:
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Click the Main Menu icon in the upper-right corner of Adobe Workfront, or (if available), click the Main Menu icon in the upper-left corner, then click Teams.
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Click the Switch team icon , then either select a new team from the drop-down menu or search for a team in the search bar.
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Select the team that you want to convert to an agile team.
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Click the More menu, then select Edit.
Only team members with a Standard, Plan, or Work license see this option.
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In the Agile section, select This is an Agile Team.
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In the Methodology section, select whether the team will be using a Scrum or Kanban agile methodology.
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Click Save Changes.
The team is saved as an Agile team. You can configure the new team as a Scrum or a Kanban team when you edit the team.
For more information, see the following articles: