1. Limit your Work In Progress based on the tasks' size
Limiting your Work in Progress (WIP) helps you optimize work capacity by allowing you to pull work only if capacity is available.
Previously, you could only limit the number of task items that each stage can hold.
With Product Release 6.18, the system allows you to set up a WIP limit based on the size of your tasks. You can control the WIP limit setting from the "edit workflow" mode of your board.
Go to Limit type and choose between Card count (1) and Card Size (2).
Previously, you could only limit the number of task items that each stage can hold.
With Product Release 6.18, the system allows you to set up a WIP limit based on the size of your tasks. You can control the WIP limit setting from the "edit workflow" mode of your board.
Go to Limit type and choose between Card count (1) and Card Size (2).
It is recommended that the Project Manager or the Team Leader organizes training for the collaborating teams so that each member is introduced to the purpose of WIP limit as well as to the respective system behavior.
If you select to limit the work on the basis of size and you haven't input a value in the Size field of the card, the system will consider it as "Size = 1".
If you select to limit the work on the basis of size and you haven't input a value in the Size field of the card, the system will consider it as "Size = 1".
Note: The WIP limit set for the Timeline columns is always based on Card count. The same rule applies to the personal WIP limit.
2. New Custom ID Configuration Options
A new set of Custom Card ID configuration options (1, 2) are now accessible at a board level. Users with the relevant permissions can access them via the Edit Workflow button at the top of each board interface.
From the Custom card ID control, you can define if the custom ID you enter is a:
- unique value (1) - the system does not allow you to enter a custom ID that already exists.
If you duplicate the IDs, you will get an Error message, which informs you to use a different value.
- repeating value (2) - you can use the same custom Card ID in multiple cards, without any system restrictions. This supports the clustering of items based on their classifications.
By default, the Custom Card ID configuration option is set for repeating values.
3. New parameters added to the API v1
New parameters are available in the following Kanbanize API v1 methods:
- the "create_new_task" method can now receive a new parameter "customid".
When the parameter is sent in the request body the newly created card will appear on the board with the respective custom id.
Note: If repeating custom IDs are not allowed, the system will check for duplicates and if any exists, then an error message will be returned in the results of the API call. - the "edit_task" method can also receive the "customid" parameter.
When the parameter is sent in the request body, its value will update the custom id of the card.
Note: If repeating custom IDs are not allowed, the system will check for duplicates and if any exists, then an error message will be returned in the results of the API call. - the "move_card" method - if repeating custom IDs are not allowed (for the board where we move the card), the system will check for duplicates and if any exists, then an error message will be returned in the results of the API call.