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group: Tutorials
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info: For assistance with this tutorial, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments-to-other-projects-and-subjects.
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---
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# Tutorial: Use GitLab to run an Agile iteration
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To run an Agile development iteration in GitLab, you use multiple GitLab features
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that work together.
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To run an Agile iteration from GitLab:
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1. Create a group.
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1. Create a project.
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1. Set up an iteration cadence.
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1. Create scoped labels.
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1. Create your epics and issues.
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1. Create an issue board.
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After you've created these core components, you can begin running your iterations.
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## Create a group
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Iteration cadences are created at the group level, so start by
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[creating one](../../user/group/manage.md#create-a-group) if you don't have one already.
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You use groups to manage one or more related projects at the same time.
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You add your users as members in the group, and assign them a role. Roles determine
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the [level of permissions](../../user/permissions.md) each user has on the projects in the group.
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Membership automatically cascades down to all subgroups and projects.
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## Create a project
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Now [create one or more projects](../../user/project/index.md#create-a-project) in your group.
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There are several different ways to create a project. A project contains
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your code and pipelines, but also the issues that are used for planning your upcoming code changes.
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## Set up an iteration cadence
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Before you start creating epics or issues, create an
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[iteration cadence](../../user/group/iterations/index.md#iteration-cadences).
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Iteration cadences contain the individual, sequential iteration timeboxes for planning and reporting
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on your issues.
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When creating an iteration cadence, you can decide whether to automatically manage the iterations or
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disable the automated scheduling to
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[manually manage the iterations](../../user/group/iterations/index.md#manual-iteration-management).
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Similar to membership, iterations cascade down your group, subgroup, and project hierarchy. If your
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team works across many groups, subgroups, and projects, create the iteration cadence in the top-most
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group shared by all projects that contain the team's issues as illustrated by the diagram below.
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```mermaid
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graph TD
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Group --> SubgroupA --> Project1
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Group --> SubgroupB --> Project2
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Group --> IterationCadence
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```
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## Create scoped labels
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You should also [create scoped labels](../../user/project/labels.md) in the same group where you created
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your iteration cadence. Labels help you
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organize your epics, issues, and merge requests, as well as help you
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to visualize the flow of issues in boards. For example, you can use scoped labels like
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`workflow::planning`, `workflow::ready for development`, `workflow::in development`, and `workflow::complete`
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to indicate the status of an issue. You can also leverage scoped labels to denote the type of issue
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or epic such as `type::feature`, `type::defect`, and `type::maintenance`.
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## Create your epics and issues
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Now you can get started planning your iterations. Start by creating [epics](../../user/group/epics/index.md)
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in the group where you created your iteration cadence,
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then create child [issues](../../user/project/issues/index.md) in one or more of your projects.
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Add labels to each as needed.
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## Create an issue board
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[Issue boards](../../user/project/issue_board.md) help you plan your upcoming iterations or visualize
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the workflow of the iteration currently in progress. List columns can be created based on label,
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assignee, iteration, or milestone. You can also filter the board by multiple attributes and group
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issues by their epic.
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In the group where you created your iteration cadence and labels,
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[create an issue board](../../user/project/issue_board.md#create-an-issue-board) and name it
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"Iteration Planning." Then, create lists for each of your iterations. You can then drag issues from
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the "Open" list into iteration lists to schedule them for upcoming iterations.
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To visualize the workflow for issues in the current iteration, create another issue board called
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"Current Iteration." When you're creating the board:
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1. Select **Edit board**.
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1. Next to **Iteration**, select **Edit**.
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1. From the dropdown list, select **Current iteration**.
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1. Select **Save changes**.
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Your board will now only ever show issues that are in the current iteration.
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You can start adding lists for each of the `workflow::...` labels you created previously.
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Now you're ready to start development.
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