It’s worth noting that the Kanban features sit nicely alongside the traditional waterfall features, so you can take an existing project and view it in a Kanban Board. To use a Kanban Board you need to select Task Board view. Switching and setting up the Task Board view From here on in I will try and solely use the terminology found in Microsoft Project. It’s worth stating again that these are UI features only, the functionality of the product remains the same. Whilst none of these changes affect the current level of functionality, it’s worth being aware of the changes because you will continue to see older articles which reference these older UI features.įigure 1 – Agile button in the Project tabįigure 2 – Agile Methodology selection dialog box The Agile button (Figure 1) which allowed a user to choose the Agile methodology (Figure 2) has been removed. The Kanban Project template has been removed and all references to Kanban have been removed and replaced by Task Board.ģ. The new Sprints Project template has replaced what was the Scrum Project template.Ģ. If you’ve read other articles or have dabbled a little bit already with the Agile features then you will know need to be aware of the following user interface (UI) changes that Microsoft have made recentlyġ. In the image below you can see that there are no notifications and therefore I am already on the latest update available within the Monthly Channel (Targeted).Īssuming that you have a subscription to Project and you have a subsequent version to 1710, then you’re ready to create a Kanban project. If there are updates waiting to be installed for Project, then this will be displayed next to the update button. Here you can find the Version, Build number and your update channel you can see mine is set to Monthly Channel (Targeted). To check your current Version, check the About Project button. Under Product Information, you have the subscription version if you see the following: To check which version of Project you’re using, open Project, choose File, and then select Account. The Agile features are only available in the subscription version of Microsoft Project and have been available since October 2017 in Version 1710 (Build 8625.2055). Checking your version of Microsoft Project Next, In Development, Done, Customer Acceptance, and Live.Backlog, Ready, Coding, Testing, Approval, and Done.Waiting, Work in progress, and Completed.The columns on the board represent the state/stage of the task. On a physical board the team pulls cards (each card represents a task) from one column to another, to the right, to show progress. Each column on the board represents a stage of the overall process, or to be more precise the system that is visualized by the board. What is a Kanban Board?Ī Kanban Board is a technique that allows us to visualize and show how work moves from left to right. Please note that for those people who are more interested in Sprints and Scrum, this will be covered in depth in a subsequent article. This article provides an update based upon one of the latest versions, discusses what’s changed recently, and provides a walkthrough on setting up and using the Kanban Board. There has been a lot written over the last year regarding Microsoft’s foray into the world of Agile Project Management by way of new improvements into Microsoft Project. Using Kanban Boards in Microsoft Project Introduction
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