Sprint boards, backlog, and work hierarchy
purpose-built for how engineers actually work.
Effigate gives engineering teams structured work hierarchy, collaborative sprint planning with poker estimation, real-time Kanban boards, and backlog management — all in a single platform connected to contracts and billing.
Stop context-switching between tools that don't connect
Engineering teams lose focus when sprint boards, backlog, estimation sessions, and task management live in separate tools. Effigate keeps everything connected in one platform.
Fragmented tooling
Sprint boards in one tool, backlog in another, estimation in a spreadsheet, and time tracking somewhere else entirely.
Estimation guesswork
Without collaborative estimation sessions and historical velocity data, sprint commitments are based on gut feel rather than evidence.
Unclear priorities
Engineers pick up whatever is at the top of the backlog without context about business priority, dependencies, or sprint goals.
No capacity data
Managers assign work without visibility into how much capacity each engineer actually has, leading to overcommitment and missed deadlines.
Plan, execute, and retrospect — all in one sprint workflow
Effigate supports the full sprint lifecycle: backlog grooming, capacity-informed planning, sprint board execution, and retrospective capture. Every sprint is traceable back to the epics and user stories it was designed to advance.
- Sprint creation with configurable duration and team member capacity allocation
- Drag-and-drop backlog management with priority, estimate, and epic assignment
- Velocity history from previous sprints informs point allocation decisions
- Sprint board with configurable status columns and drag-and-drop task movement
- Sprint retrospective records lessons learned against actual delivery outcomes
Auth flow
API rate limits
Dashboard widget
Sprint board UI
Epic details page
Login page
DB schema
CI pipeline
A five-level hierarchy from roadmap to daily execution
Every piece of engineering work in Effigate has a traceable chain: Project → Epic → User Story → Task → Subtask. Engineers know exactly why a task exists, what acceptance criteria it needs to meet, and how their work contributes to the broader delivery.
- Projects group related epics and user stories into a strategic delivery context
- User stories carry acceptance criteria, estimation, and sprint assignments
- Tasks break stories into assignable, time-trackable execution units
- Subtasks allow granular breakdown within a task for complex engineering work
- Dependencies tracked between tasks across stories and epics to surface blockers early
From unrefined backlog to done — without the process overhead
The Effigate Kanban board gives engineers a live view of sprint progress with drag-and-drop task movement, priority indicators, and assignee visibility. The backlog connects directly to sprint planning so groomed stories flow into sprints without manual copying.
- Configurable Kanban columns mapped to the team's actual workflow states
- Drag-and-drop task cards with priority, due date, and estimate on each card
- Backlog filtering by epic, label, assignee, priority, or estimated size
- Poker planning enables collaborative story point estimation with real-time team voting
- Blockers and dependency conflicts surfaced directly on affected task cards
User auth flow
CSV export
Rate card UI
SLA timer
Sprint board
Login page
DB schema
Questions from engineering teams
The sprint board shows all tasks in the current sprint, organised into configurable status columns. Engineers drag task cards between columns as work progresses. Each card shows the assignee, priority, estimate, and SLA context where applicable.
Effigate enforces a five-level hierarchy: Project → Epic → User Story → Task → Subtask. This ensures every piece of work has a traceable chain back to a business objective. All levels support time logging, comments, attachments, and visibility flags.
Yes. Effigate includes a poker planning module where team members vote on story point estimates in real time. The facilitator controls the reveal, and agreed estimates are applied directly to backlog items without manual entry.
When planning a sprint, Effigate shows the available hours for each team member based on their workday configuration and existing commitments. This prevents overcommitment at planning time and gives engineers realistic sprint scope from the start.
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