Summary:

Introduce the ability to create lanes within the ClickUp Board View, each equipped with a Work-In-Progress (WIP) counter. This enhancement would provide teams with better workload visibility and management by grouping tasks into lanes (e.g., per project, client, or team), helping to control task distribution and workload limits within a single board.

Problem Statement:

Currently, ClickUp’s Board View provides a column-based kanban layout but lacks the ability to group tasks further into lanes within those columns. Teams working on multiple projects, for multiple clients, or managing workloads across departments often struggle to visualize and control the task distribution and WIP limits across different contexts in the same board. This results in:

• Overloaded team members or project lanes.

• Limited insight into workload capacity across categories like clients or projects.

• Increased difficulty in managing and balancing task prioritization.

Proposed Solution:

Add the ability to create customizable lanes in Board View, which would:

1. Allow users to define lanes within columns based on custom filters (e.g., client, project, priority, assignee).

2. Display WIP counters for each lane, reflecting the total number of tasks in that lane (and optionally their status).

3. Include WIP limit warnings, where users can set thresholds for the number of tasks per lane, column, or board.

4. Support drag-and-drop functionality to move tasks between lanes seamlessly, preserving the underlying filter properties.

Use Case Example:

Scenario: A digital agency is managing tasks for multiple clients in a single board.

• Lanes are created for each client (Client A, Client B, Client C) within columns representing task statuses (To Do, In Progress, Done).

• Each lane displays a WIP counter, e.g., Client A’s “In Progress” lane shows 5/7 tasks, indicating 5 tasks are active out of the 7-task limit.

• If a lane exceeds its WIP limit, a visual indicator alerts the team, enabling reallocation of resources or prioritization adjustments.

• The agency can track workload distribution across clients without creating separate boards, improving efficiency and client management.

Benefits:

• Enhanced workload visualization and control.

• Better team alignment and resource distribution.

• Improved ability to manage client or project-specific priorities in one centralized location.

• Increased adoption of Lean or Agile principles with built-in WIP limit enforcement.

Implementation Notes:

• Lanes should integrate with existing custom fields or tags for filtering.

• WIP counters should update dynamically as tasks are added, moved, or completed.

• Lanes should maintain compatibility with other ClickUp features (e.g., automations, custom fields, and filters).

Thank you for considering this feature to enhance the Board View in ClickUp. It would significantly benefit teams juggling multiple projects or clients while promoting better workload management and visualization.