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GitHub Project Board Walkthrough

A kanban board in four columns. Cards move left to right as work progresses. Click any card to see its details — move cards with the arrow buttons.

Kanban boards make work visible. GitHub Projects gives you four columns by default (Todo, In Progress, Done — plus a QA/Testing column is common). Each card is either a user story (who wants what and why) or a technical task (setup work the team needs to do).
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Hardware Store Project
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Cards flow left to right

New work starts in Todo. When picked up, move to In Progress. After the dev finishes, it heads to QA/Testing for review. Only when verified does it go to Done.

Two types of cards

User stories (blue) describe value for a real user — customer, admin, store owner. Technical tasks (yellow) are setup work — create repo, add Bootstrap, configure build.

Don't overload "In Progress"

Keep a small number of cards actively in flight. Finishing work is more valuable than starting it. Most teams cap In Progress to match team size.

Tip: use the arrow buttons on each card to push it to the next column. Click a card to open its details — user stories show the role / action / benefit breakdown.

← User Story Anatomy