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Project management · kanban, sprints, ordered stages

Work moves when it’s actually ready.

Three teams, three methods, one workspace. Estimates, dependencies, checklists and sign-offs are checked by the server on every path that can move a card. Not a warning. A refusal, with the reason attached.

No card. Three teammates included.

01The board
Intake22pts
Rate limit the export job
API
high1/3Sep 13
Sara
Retry webhooks with backoff
Infra
low2ptsSep 18
Leo
Design15pts
Sprint burndown chart
medium5pts4/4Sep 11
Mia
Build211pts
At WIP limit2 / 2
Real-time presence on boards
API
urgent8pts3/5Sep 8
LeoMia
Column exit criteria
medium3ptsSep 15
Sara
Sign-off13pts
DPA rewrite for EU customers
Awaiting approval
high3ptsSep 20
Mia
Shipped15pts
Card dependency wall
medium5pts6/6Sep 4
SaraArun
Ordered stages, a WIP cap of two on Build, and an approval column that freezes a card until it is signed off.
02The interlock

Most tools warn you. This one says no.

Three refusals, quoted from the source. Same answer whether the card is dragged, bulk-edited, or moved by an automation.

Entry rule_lib/move-gate
This board requires estimates. Add one before moving the card into Design.
Sequential flowlib/columns
This board moves one stage at a time. You can’t skip ahead.
Sub-task gatelib/subtasks-shared
This card still has 2 of 5 sub-tasks unticked — finish the checklist before moving it to Done.
  • WIP limitA column already at its limit stops accepting work.Capped columns
  • Dependency wallA blocked card cannot move forward until its blocker closes.Every board
  • Sequential flowWork cannot skip a stage on the way forward.Ordered-stage boards
  • Entry ruleLeaving the backlog can require an estimate first.Per board
  • Sub-task gateUnticked sub-tasks keep a card out of any Done column.Every board
  • Approval freezeA card awaiting sign-off cannot move at all.Approval columns

Backwards is always free. A card can be pulled back down the route at any time, so getting unstuck never needs permission.

03The views

The same cards, read another way.

A board is one reading of the work, not the work itself. The list is where you triage. The calendar shows a crunch week before it arrives.

7 tasks1 overdue
Task
Status
Assignee
Progress
Due
Age
Tags
Rate limit the export job
Intake
Sara
1/3
Sep 13
—
API
Retry webhooks with backoff
Intake
Leo
—
Sep 18
—
Infra
Sprint burndown chart
Design
Mia
4/4
Sep 11
—
—
Real-time presence on boards
Build
LeoMia
3/5
Sep 8
—
API
Column exit criteria
Build
Sara
—
Sep 15
—
—
DPA rewrite for EU customers
Sign-off
Mia
—
Sep 20
—
—
Card dependency wall
Shipped
SaraArun
6/6
Sep 4
—
—
IntakeDesignBuildSign-offShipped

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List: grouped by column, with progress, assignees and overdue dates in red.
Fri, Sep 4
Tue, Sep 8
Fri, Sep 11
Sun, Sep 13
Tue, Sep 15
Fri, Sep 18
Sun, Sep 20
Calendar: every due date on a month grid, while there is still time to move one.

Timeline, swimlanes and the flow report read the same cards. So do drafts, tickets and hand-offs.

04The methods

Three ways of working, one workspace.

Support runs continuous flow. Product runs sprints. Compliance needs ordered stages and a signature. Three boards, one workspace, the same people and history.

Support

Continuous flow

Backlog
Doing
Done

No sprint, no ceremony. A WIP limit of three keeps the middle column honest.

Product

Two-week sprints

Backlog
Sprint
Review
Done

Points, burndown, and sprints that start and end on their own dates.

Compliance

Ordered stages

Draft
Legal
Sign-off
Filed

No skipping a stage. Sign-off freezes the card until someone signs it.

05The questions

Before you spend five days on it.

Is this Jira?

No. One card entity, one workspace, no issue-type taxonomy to design before you can file anything.

Do I have to use the gates?

No. Each one is opt-in per board. Set a WIP limit and you get the wall; set nothing and nothing refuses you.

What happens when the trial ends?

The workspace locks. Nothing is deleted, and activating puts you back exactly where you stopped.

Is it actually real time?

Yes. Boards run over a websocket, so someone else's move lands without a refresh. Polling is only the fallback.

Can I get my work out?

Any board exports to CSV and imports from one.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes, down to 375px. The board included.

06The price
$6per seat / per month

One plan, everything in it. Five days free for up to three teammates. No tier hides the gates, the sprints or the reports behind an upgrade.

No card up front. If it is not carrying your team by day ten, you have lost ten days and nothing else.

  • Kanban, sprints and ordered stages in one workspace
  • The whole interlock, enforced server-side
  • Real-time boards, flow metrics, five access levels
  • Tickets, drafts, hand-offs and an activity log
  • 500 projects, 5,000 boards, 20,000 cards a board