makeplane / makeplane/plane

[feature]: Promote Cycles to the Workspace level rather than Project level

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Description

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Summary

Cycles are intended to manage tasking in a manner similar to Agile "sprints". As such, a matrixed development team may be assigned to work on multiple issues from multiple projects. The current implementation requires a Scrum master or project manager to move between multiple projects to get an individual's status on their tasking.

This process is frustrating and a shortcoming for Plane.

Fortunately, it can be remedied. If Cycles were promoted to the Workspace level, a project manager could assign issues to a Cycle from any project in the Workspace. The project manager would also be able to use a single Agile board to move tasking through the workflow.

Why should this be worked on?

The current implementation for Cycles requires project managers to navigate multiple projects to get status updates on issues. It's time consuming and frustrating for teams that leverage Agile methodologies.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by tracing how Cycles are currently scoped to projects and how workspace issues and Agile boards are represented. The issue provides no file or test entry points, so first map those boundaries before proposing changes. Done means a Cycle can include issues from multiple projects and a project manager can manage them from one workspace-level board.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
full-stack
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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