Planview AgilePlace

Planview AgilePlace is a kanban-based work management product for teams and cross-team delivery. It gives teams a visual representation of work, translating tasks, steps, and handoffs into boards and cards. Its kanban mechanism is methodology-agnostic, supporting Agile (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban), waterfall, hybrid, and flow-based delivery equally, so any work moving through any process can be visualized and managed on a board. AgilePlace scales from individual team boards to cross-team and portfolio-level views of strategic initiatives.

Kanban Boards and Work Visualization

• Kanban boards use lanes and cards to represent workflow, configurable to any team's process (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, hybrid, IT ops, portfolio)
• Cards represent individual work items, with drag-and-drop movement across lanes reflecting real-time status
• Blocked status flags work items that cannot proceed due to a dependency or external blocker, making impediments visible immediately
• Priority levels (Low, Normal, High, Critical) display on the card face for instant triage
• Card types use team-defined categories with color coding for filtering, reporting, and visual differentiation of work
• Card size supports team-determined effort sizing for estimation and capacity awareness

Flow Control and Delivery Predictability

• WIP (work in progress) limits restrict how much work can sit in a lane or with a person at one time, improving focus, reducing context switching, and sharpening delivery projections
• Planned start and planned finish dates support due date tracking on cards, with visual alerts when dates are approaching or missed
• Lane policies and descriptions keep team agreements visible and consistent across the board

Organization and Alignment

• Assigned members display ownership of a card via avatar or initials on the card face
• Tags support multi-tag organization, filtering, and reporting across boards
• Custom icons (Class of Service) support classification by service type, urgency, or other team-defined criteria
• OKR integration connects team-level work to shared objectives and key results, keeping teams focused on priorities in the context of where the work happens

Cross-Team and Toolchain Visibility

• Cross-team visibility coordinates delivery across teams, tracks dependencies, and supports rapid replanning when conditions change
• Combined with Planview Hub's integration layer, AgilePlace can sit above mixed toolchains, allowing teams using different tools and methodologies to work side by side without requiring standardization