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Organize your Hierarchy for software development
Set up your Workspace Hierarchy for software development.
Use Custom Fields for software development
Use Custom Fields to add helpful context to tasks in your software development Space.
Create views for software development
Create views to organize and filter your software development work.
Use Docs for software development
Utilize the versatility of Docs for release notes, research plans, and more!
Software development templates
Apply our helpful software development templates to your Workspace to save time!
Automations for software development
Spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time on work that matters! Create custom Automations for your software development team.
Integrations for software development
Connect external apps to your software development Workspace.
Use Brain AI for software development
Leverage ClickUp Brain AI to answer questions using context from your software development Workspace.
How to use Board view for daily standups
Board view makes the standup faster because the board already answers the question of what people are working on. To set it up for standups:
- Open the sprint List.
- In the Views Bar, click + View and select Board.
- In the upper-left corner, click the current grouping option.
- Select Assignee.
Each person's column now shows their tasks organized by status. During standup, the team walks through their column. Blocked tasks are visible immediately. No one needs to give a status update that the board already shows.
To run a flow-based standup instead, change the grouping to Status. Walk through In Progress, In Review, and Blocked columns to identify anything that needs attention before the day starts.
How to use Docs as wikis for ClickUp Brain
Link Docs directly to sprint tasks or keep them in a dedicated Docs space within your Engineering Space. When a Doc is marked as a wiki, ClickUp Brain treats it as the authoritative source for questions about that topic.
A teammate asking Brain about the deployment runbook or incident escalation process gets the right answer rather than a generic one.
Good candidates for wiki status on a dev team:
- Architecture decision records
- Incident runbooks and escalation guides
- Onboarding guides for new engineers
- API documentation and integration specs
To mark a Doc as a wiki, open it and enable the wiki setting from the Doc settings menu. A purple badge appears on the Doc confirming its status.
How to automate dependency notifications
The handoffs that slow dev teams down most are the ones nobody remembers to do. When a blocking dependency is resolved, the assignee of the blocked task needs to know immediately so work resumes the same day instead of sitting idle..
To automate dependency notifications:
- Open the List where your feature tasks live.
- In the upper-right corner, click Automate or the lightning bolt icon.
- Select Create Automation.
- Set the Trigger to Task or subtask unblocked.
- Set up an Action to leave a comment notifying the assignee of the waiting task.
Without this, resolved blockers sit unnoticed until someone checks manually. With it, work resumes within minutes.
How to auto-update task status on PR merge
When a pull request is merged to main via GitHub or GitLab, automatically update the linked task's status to In Review or Done depending on your workflow. Include the ClickUp task ID in the PR title or branch name and the integration handles the rest.
To auto-update task status:
- Open the App Center.
- Search for and select GitHub or GitLab.
- Choose a connection type and click Connect.
- Follow the setup prompts to connect your repository to a Space.
- Create an Automation that changes the linked task's status when a pull request is merged.
GitHub and GitLab integrations are available on all plans. GitHub Automations require the Business plan.
How to monitor team velocity with Dashboards
A sprint Dashboard answers the question every engineering lead asks mid-sprint: are we going to finish? Build one by opening or creating a Dashboard and clicking + Card. Sprint Dashboard cards are available on the Business plan.
Add a burndown card
Read our article on how to add a burndown card to a Dashboard.
The chart plots remaining work against the ideal pace line based on your locked forecast. If the remaining work line sits above the guideline, the team is behind. Below it, they're ahead. Check this every day during standup. It tells you on day three whether you have a scope problem, not day nine.
Add a velocity card
Read our article on how to add a velocity card to a Dashboard.
This is the chart that makes sprint planning honest. If the team has averaged 40 points for six sprints and someone commits to 68 this cycle, the velocity chart is the evidence you need to have that conversation before the sprint starts, not during it.
Add a bug visibility card
To add a bug visibility card:
- In the upper-right of the Dashboard, click + Card.
- Select Task List.
- Set the source to your bugs List.
- Sort by your severity Custom Field, or Priority.
- Click Add card.
This keeps important bugs visible on the same Dashboard as sprint progress. A bug that gets missed in a standup won't get missed here.
How to lock your sprint forecast
Before closing sprint planning, lock your forecast. This sets the burndown baseline for the sprint.
The total points committed become your forecast. If you pull 60 points into a sprint and your last three velocity averages are 38, 41, and 40, the burndown will show you by day three why that was a problem.
Use historical velocity to set a realistic commitment before the sprint begins, not after it's already off track.