A focused three-part flow
Backlog, Planning, and Sprint each have a clear role, so teams always know where work belongs.
Sprint planning that doesn’t slow you down
Plan sprints in minutes with three focused modules - Backlog, Planning, and Sprint - plus live scope totals and flexible views for every planning conversation.
Why it matters
Make the work clearer, not heavier.
Sprint planning should help a team make a realistic commitment, not create another administration job. Taskonio keeps grooming, scope selection, and active sprint work in separate but connected modules, so the team can answer what is ready, what fits, and what is moving without stitching together filters or screens.
Designed around the way real teams decide and deliver.
Scope you can see
Select work and watch task and estimate totals update while the team discusses what is realistic.
Views for every moment
Use a dense table for triage, a board for standups, or a focused saved view for an owner or priority.
A closer look
How sprint planning works in Taskonio.
01
Choose a framework and change it when the team changes
Framework choice happens per team space. Choose Sprint and Taskonio configures the workspace around Backlog, Planning, and Sprint automatically. If the operating model changes later, guided property remapping helps the existing space move to Kanban or a flexible backlog.
- Sprint, Kanban, or no framework - selected independently for each team space
- Navigation and workspace behavior adapt to the chosen framework
- Existing team spaces can change framework through guided remapping
02
Build a backlog your team can actually scan
Create epic-based or item-based views depending on whether the conversation is about initiatives or execution. Each module can contain multiple table and board views, with the properties and filters needed for that specific decision.
- Epic-based views reveal items; item-based views reveal sub-items
- Table views can expose stage, label, owner, status, dates, priority, estimate, and related work
- Display changes and filters can remain local or be deliberately shared with the team space
03
Select the next sprint with live scope totals
The Planning module adds checkbox selection to the backlog. As the team selects work, Taskonio updates the task count and total estimates, giving the discussion a visible measure of scope before anyone starts the sprint.
- Checkbox-driven scope selection
- Live selected-task and estimate totals
- Start the next sprint directly from Planning when the scope is ready
04
Keep active work focused
Once a sprint starts, the Sprint module concentrates on execution. The team can see completed work against the total, completed estimates against committed estimates, and the current sprint day without losing access to its table, board, and filtered views.
- Tasks completed versus total tasks
- Estimates completed versus total estimates
- Sprint-day indicator and multiple execution views
How it works
From setup to useful work.
- 01
Groom the backlog
Organize work into epics and items, assign owners, add labels, set priorities, and estimate the work that is ready.
- 02
Select realistic scope
Open Planning, check the items the team wants to commit to, and watch task and estimate totals update live.
- 03
Start and track the sprint
Start the sprint from the selected scope, then follow progress in the Sprint module using the view that fits the team.
Taskonio’s approach
A sprint workflow with the important decisions built in
Taskonio keeps the sprint model explicit while leaving room for each team to shape how work is displayed and discussed.
- Framework setup
- Choose Sprint for a team space or switch to it later through guided property remapping; the relevant modules appear automatically.
- Planning flow
- Backlog → Planning → Sprint keeps queued, proposed, and active work distinct.
- Scope signal
- Selected task and estimate totals stay visible before the sprint begins.
- View flexibility
- Use table or board views and keep personal filters separate from team defaults.
- Work hierarchy
- Connect epics, items, and sub-items without requiring every item to belong to an epic.
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Custom views
Your work, your way - custom views for every engineer
Create multiple table and board views across Backlog, Planning, Sprint, and Kanban, then keep adjustments local or share them with the team.
ExploreHierarchy and properties
From the team space to the smallest next step
Organize work in team spaces, connect initiatives to epics, items, and sub-items, and give each piece the ownership and properties it needs.
ExploreTaskonio AI
Shape the work. Review the next move.
Use Vibe Speccing to draft a specification, Vibe Breakdown to propose child work, and Decisions to review AI recommendations against the current state of a task.
ExploreQuestions
Know before you switch.
Can we use Taskonio without sprints?
Yes. Each team space can use Sprint, Kanban, or no framework. The workspace adapts to the selection instead of forcing one operating model across the organization.
Does Taskonio support estimates during sprint planning?
Yes. Estimates remain visible in the backlog and Planning module, where Taskonio shows a live total for the items selected for the next sprint.
Can one sprint module have several views?
Yes. Backlog, Planning, and Sprint can each contain multiple views. Teams can use tables for dense triage, boards for flow, and filtered views for focused work.
What hierarchy does Taskonio use?
Taskonio uses epics, items, and sub-items. Items and sub-items can represent tasks, bugs, stories, features, improvements, experiments, or ideas.
Can different teams use different frameworks?
Yes. Framework choice belongs to the team space, so one organization can contain a sprint team, a Kanban team, and a team using only a backlog.
Can an existing team space change frameworks?
Yes. Guided property remapping helps the space move between Sprint, Kanban, and no framework while preserving supported work data.
What does the active sprint show?
The Sprint module shows completed and total tasks, completed and total estimates, and the current sprint day alongside the team’s saved execution views.
Start planning better sprints
Create a team space, choose Sprint, and turn a real backlog into visible, realistic scope.