Move an agile story

You can move an agile story either to a different iteration (for Scrum teams), or to the backlog (for Kanban and Scrum teams).

Access requirements

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

Adobe Workfront plan*
Any
Adobe Workfront license*
Work or higher
Access level configurations*

Worker or higher

Note: If you still don't have access, ask your Workfront administrator if they set additional restrictions in your access level. For information on how a Workfront administrator can modify your access level, see Create or modify custom access levels.

Object permissions

Manage access to the story

For information on requesting additional access, see Request access to objects.

*To find out what plan, license type, or access you have, contact your Workfront administrator.

Move a story from an iteration or Kanban board to the backlog

  1. Go to the iteration or Kanban board that contains the story that you want to move to the backlog.

  2. Click the iteration heading at the top of the page.

  3. On the Stories tab, select the stories that you want to move.

  4. Click More  > Move to.

    The Move Story dialog box is displayed.

    Move Story dialog

  5. Select team_name’s Backlog.
    In the above example, the team name is​ Marketing.

  6. Click Move Story.

Move a story to a different iteration

You can move a story to a different iteration for your Scrum team.

NOTE
The Move to option is not available for parent stories on an iteration. You can only move subtasks to another iteration.
  1. Go to the iteration that contains the story that you want to move.

  2. Click the iteration heading at the top of the page.

  3. On the Stories tab, select the stories that you want to move.

  4. Click More > Move to.

    The Move Story dialog box is displayed.

    Move Story dialog

  5. Select Another Iteration, then in the drop-down menu, select the iteration where you want to move the story.

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    NOTE
    The work item Planned Start Date and Planned Completion Date are affected by a setting on the Edit Team page. For information, see the section Configure how dates are applied when adding work items to an iteration in the article Configure Scrum.
  6. Click Move Story.

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