Create an agile story

Last update: Mon Feb 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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You can create an agile story on an iteration in various ways. After you create an agile story, you can add subtasks to the story.

When you add a story or subtask in an iteration, the Duration Type is set to Simple and the Task Constraint is set to Fixed Dates, with the dates locked within the iteration. You cannot modify the Duration Type or Task Constraint in an iteration. Also, the task duration must be greater than 0 minutes.

For information about how to manage the story after it is added to the iteration, see Iterations.

Access requirements

Expand to view access requirements for the functionality in this article.

You must have the following access to perform the steps in this article:

Adobe Workfront plan

Any

Adobe Workfront license

New: Standard

or

Current: Work or higher

Object permissions

Manage access to the project the story is on

For more detail about the information in this table, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.

Create an agile story in an iteration

Go to the agile iteration where you want to create the story:
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.
1. (Optional) Click the Switch team icon , then either select a new Scrum team from the drop-down menu or search for a team in the search bar.
2. In the left panel, select Iterations to choose a specific iteration, or select Current Iteration.
3. Click the name of the specific iteration where you want to create a story.
Click New Story.
Specify the following information:

Story Name
Type a name for the story.
Description
Type a description for the story.
Ready
Select this option if the story is ready to be added to an iteration. When this option is selected, it indicates to users which stories in the backlog are ready to be added to an iteration.
A story can be added to an iteration whether or not it is marked Ready.
Estimate (points)
Specify the estimate for the story. If your agile team is configured to estimate stories in points, then by default 1 point equals 8 hours. Estimates are added as Planned Hours on the story.
For example, if you estimate a story as 3 points, the default behavior is to add 24 Planned Hours to the story.
If a story contains subtasks, remember that the combined estimates for all subtasks determines the estimate of the parent story. For more information, see Add stories to an existing iteration.
Parent Project
Begin typing the name of the project that this story will be associated with.
By default, the story color is displayed as the same color as other stories from this project.
The status of the project must be set to Current. If the status of the project is anything but Current, it is not displayed in the drop-down menu.
Parent Task
After you choose a parent project, you have the option to choose a parent task. When you select a parent task, the story is created as a subtask of the parent task on the project that you selected.
Begin typing the name of the parent task for the story, then click it when it appears in the drop-down list.
Custom Forms
Select any custom forms to add to the story.
Click Save Story.

Create an agile story in the backlog

You can create an agile story from the agile backlog, as described in the section Create new stories on the backlog in the article Manage the agile backlog.

Add a task or issue as an agile story

You can add an existing task or issue as a story to an iteration. For more information, see Add stories to an existing iteration or Add stories and issues from the Scrum board.

Create subtasks to an agile story

You can create a subtask to an agile story by using either of the following methods:

By using the Subtasks tab, as described in Create subtasks in Create subtasks.
Directly from the story board, as described in Create an iteration.

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