Features of Pacei (Agile Project Management Tool)

Pacei is a powerful project management tool designed specifically for software teams. It has a clean, easy-to-use interface that helps you manage projects, sprints, tasks, and workload. It also offers automation for workflows, release management, bug tracking, and much more.

Pacei’s features are organized into three main levels:

1. Organization level
2. Project level
3. User level

Let’s start by exploring the Project level features and then move on to User and Organization level features.

Project Level Features

Here’s a breakdown of the main features you’ll find at the project level:

• Main Board
• Sprint Board
• Release Board
• Custom Board
• Different board views
• Day Board
• Task Details
• Reports
• Overview
• Files
• Bin
• Project Config (Workflow, Labels, Task Templates, Stubs)
• Members and Teams
• Access Rights

Boards: Main, Sprint, Release, and Custom

Each board organizes tasks into groups to keep your project organized.

• Main Board: A collection of ‘Epics,’ which are groups of tasks. You can group these tasks by product screens, features, or any other way that suits your project.
• Sprint Board: A collection of tasks grouped into ‘Sprints.’ Sprints are short timeframes (usually two weeks) in which specific tasks are completed.
• Release Board: A collection of tasks grouped by ‘Releases.’ Each release represents a version of your product with its own set of tasks.
• Custom Board: Create custom boards to suit your unique needs and group tasks in your own way.

Views in Each Board

Each board has multiple views to help you manage tasks in the way that best suits your team:

1. Big Picture View (Main Board): Track epics and their overall progress.
2. Sprint View (Sprint Board): Track sprints and task status like estimated time, burn rate, and capacity.
3. Release Stand View (Release Board): View different releases.
4. Board View (Custom Board): Manage your custom boards.

Additionally, you have the following views:

• List View: See tasks in detail with their status, priority, sprint, release, time estimates, and assignees.
• Kanban View: Move tasks between stages by dragging and dropping based on their status.
• Bird View: Get a high-level overview of all tasks for a feature, showing their status at a glance.

Day Board

The Day Board offers real-time insights into productivity. It’s especially useful during daily scrum meetings, where team members can update their task status.

You can update your daily status directly from the Sprint Board’s Kanban View or from the Day Board itself.

Task Details

Each task includes all the information you need to manage it:

• Status: Set based on the workflow.
• Epic: The group to which the task belongs.
• Assignees: Team members working on the task.
• Sprint: The sprint in which the task is included.
• Label: Tags used to track tasks.
• Release Version: The version of the release the task belongs to.
• Story Points: Complexity level of the task.
• Estimated Time: Time estimate to complete the task.
• Priority: Task importance.
• Title: Short summary of the task.
• Description: Detailed description of the task, broken into sections.
• Stubs: Sub-tasks within the task.
• Linked Tasks: Task dependencies.
• Comments: Discussion and feedback from team members.
• Activity: Record of all changes made to the task.
• Worklog: Track time spent on the task.
• My Notes: Personal notes visible only to you.

Reports

Pacei offers two types of reports to help with project analysis:

1. Pulse Report: Provides real-time insights into project progress using variables like status, priority, and task types.
   You can customize these reports by:
• Selecting the type of chart (e.g., pie chart)
• Choosing task groups (e.g., sprint, epic, release)
• Filtering by specific task variables (e.g., status, priority)
2. Duration Report: Shows task statuses over a set duration (up to 45 days). This helps you evaluate progress and pace.
   Customize by:
• Selecting the type of chart
• Defining start and end dates for tracking task progress

Overview

The Overview consolidates all key information about your project. It’s a great place to document important details and links, making it ideal for knowledge transfer or providing a snapshot of the project.

Members, Teams, and Access Rights

• Members: Add or edit members of the project.
• Teams: Group members into teams to manage them logically.
• Access Rights: Set permissions for different features at a granular level.

Files

The Files section serves as cloud storage for important project documents.

Bin

The Bin allows you to recover deleted items within the project. Keep in mind, not all deleted items can be restored.

Project Config

In Project Config, you can set up key elements like:

• Workflows: Define task statuses.
• Labels: Define task tags here.
• Task Templates: Define task description templates based on the type of task.
• Stubs: Define stub templates based on the type of task.

User Level Features

You can access User Level Features by clicking on your avatar in the bottom-left corner of the screen. These features include:

• Notes: Capture and organize ideas or important information.
• Profile: Customize your profile and avatar.
• Support: Get help from the Pacei team or check the FAQs.

Organization Level Features

At the organization level, Pacei offers:

• Organization User List: Manage users within the organization and add members to projects. You can also define roles and invite members in bulk or individually. (Note: This feature is not available for shared workspaces.)
• Consumption & Billing: Manage subscriptions, billing, invoices, and payments. Track the usage of features and consumption.

This concludes the tutorial for Pacei's main features. Explore these tools to maximize productivity and keep your projects on track!