Plan cycles and sprints
Group tasks into a cycle with a start and an end date, follow its progress, and in Scrum projects read points, velocity and the sprint filter.
A cycle is a stretch of time with a start date, an end date and the tasks you plan to finish in it. In a Scrum project cycles are called sprints and come with points, velocity and a sprint filter. Cycles work in every agile project; owners and editors create them, and everyone in the project sees them.
Create a cycle or a sprint
- Open the Cycles tab (Sprints in a Scrum project). If you do not see it, choose Add a view after the tabs, then Cycles.
- Choose New cycle, or New sprint in Scrum.
- Give it a name, a Start date and an End date. All three are required, and the end cannot come before the start.
- Tick the tasks that belong to it. Use the search box to find a task by title or number. In a Scrum or Scrumban project each task shows its points, and the dialog adds up what you have committed.
- Save.
To change a cycle, choose Edit cycle (Edit sprint) on its card, or right-click the card. A project can have up to 100 cycles.
How a cycle reads
Prior compares the dates with today. A cycle is Current between its first and last day, Upcoming before it starts, and Past after its last day (Finished for a sprint). The last day counts in full.
Each card shows its dates, "3 of 8 issues complete" and a progress bar. A sprint shows the bar in points instead: "13 of 21 pts done", with "2 not estimated" for tasks that still have no size.
What Scrum adds
- Sprint filter. On the Board and Issues tabs, a Sprint filter offers Active sprint, All and Backlog, the tasks that are in no sprint. It starts on the running sprint, or on All when none is running.
- Velocity. Above the sprints, Prior shows the average points finished in your last three finished sprints that had tasks, such as "14.5 pts per sprint". Until a sprint has finished, it says "Finish a sprint to see your velocity".
- Burn charts. A chart of the current sprint sits above the cards. See Read a sprint's burn chart.
- Planning Poker. The start screen can pick the tasks of the active sprint or the next one in one click. See Estimate together with Planning Poker.
Good to know
- Prior does not move unfinished tasks by itself. At the end of a sprint, edit the next one and tick the tasks you carry over.
- Delete a cycle from its editor: open it, choose Delete cycle (Delete sprint in a Scrum project) and confirm. Its tasks stay in the project.
- Viewers see cycles and progress, but cannot create or edit them.
Updated 5 November 2026