Kanban or Scrum? Choose a board that fits your work

A good board makes work visible: what is waiting, what is in progress and what is done. The right rhythm depends on the team. Some work arrives continuously; other work benefits from a planned sprint.

Use Kanban for a continuous flow

Brainitive boards start as Kanban boards. Create columns that reflect your process, add issues and move them as work progresses. You can set a work-in-progress limit on a column to make a growing queue visible; the column header turns red when the limit is exceeded.

Use filters and swimlanes to look at the same work by assignee, priority or another dimension. Saved views let you return to a useful set of filters and layout without setting them up again.

Enable Scrum when you plan in sprints

Turn on sprints in board settings to use a backlog and plan sprints on that board. During a sprint, the board shows the active work. Reports provide burndown and velocity views to help the team discuss progress and plan the next cycle.

A project can have more than one board, so a team can use a sprint board for planned development and a Kanban board for incoming work.

Start small and adjust

Choose a few columns your team understands, add the work that matters now and review the board together. Add custom fields or shared views when they answer a real question; a useful board does not need to model every detail on day one.

Explore boards and Scrum, or read the boards and issues guide for the practical steps.