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Yes, You Can Build Your Own SCRUM Board In Notion!

Forget JIRA or Azure Boards! Here is how you can build your own SCRUM board in Notion!

In this article, I’ll show you how to build your own SCRUM board in Notion. The board will contain a backlog view, views for every sprint, a refinement view, and an estimation view. You can find the template at the end of this article. Feel free to grab it and adapt it to your needs!

Now, let me introduce the views and explain how they are configured. I use this setup for one of my private software development projects, and it works quite well. The free version of Notion is all you need!

You have never heard of Notion or what it can do for you? Here is a short introduction:

Notion is the all-in-one workspace for teams and individuals

Overview

The Overview view shows all user stories grouped by the assigned iteration. The current sprint is on top while the backlog items are at the bottom.

The Overview view displays all user stories grouped by their assigned iteration. The current sprint is displayed at the top, while backlog items are located at the bottom. Each entry is specified in several columns, including the owner, current state, type of user story, estimated story points, and a checkbox indicating whether further refinement is necessary.

To create new user stories more quickly, there are two templates defined for bugs and features.

With templates, I can create new user stories quicker. The relevant properties are already set and a skeleton to describe a bug or feature is also included. They will automatically be added to the backlog.

Text skeletons in the templates for bugs (left) and features (right)

Backlog