Use Custom Fields for software development

Custom Fields enrich your tasks and views, enhance Automations and knowledge sharing, and more by adding helpful context to your tasks.

Get started now using our software development template!

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You can create Custom Fields at the Space, Folder, or List level. We recommend the following Custom Fields for software development:

Custom Field type Description Example
Dropdown Choose from a customizable list of options.

Use Dropdown Custom Fields to display information such as:

  • Item Type
  • MoSCoW, if you are using the MoSCoW prioritization method
  • Quarter
  • Spend
  • Squad
  • Initiative
  • Phase
  • Release Status
  • Test Type
  • Report Type
  • Source
Rating Use emoji to rate items on a numeric scale.
  • T-Shirt Sizing

Use AI to generate size and effort with the T-Shirt Size AI Field.

Labels Choose from flexible list of options, similar to the Dropdown Custom Field.

Use Labels Custom Fields to display information such as:

  • Product Feature
  • Environment
Checkbox A true or false checkbox.

Use Checkbox Custom Field to display information such as:

  • Triaged?
  • Leadership Request
  • On Roadmap
  • Confirmed?
  • Workaround?
People Select people or Teams in your Workspace for each task. Use this Custom Field to display information like who submitted a bug.
Website Capture the URL of any website. Use this Custom Field to display any website URL.
Number A formatted numeric value.

Use Number Custom Fields to display information such as:

  • Confidence %
  • Effort (1-5)
  • Impact (1-5)
  • Reach

Text area (Long Text)

Convert your Text area Custom Field into an AI Field!

Enter a paragraph of plain text.

Use this Custom Field to write steps to recreate a bug or document a workaround.

Progress (Auto)

Intelligently generate updates using the Progress Updates AI Field.

 

An automatically calculated progress bar that tracks the completion of subtasks, checklists, and assigned comments.

Use this Custom Field to automatically track the progress of any task.