What Is a Scrum Board?

What Is a Scrum Board?

Scrum is one of the frameworks of Agile project management. A Scrum board is a tool used to help organize a Scrum project and add progress visibility. 

A Scrum board was initially a physical board, such as a whiteboard with sticky notes or cue cards attached. Today, there are more advanced, digital versions of Scrum boards available online and as part of many project management software solutions. 

The Scrum board is broken down into columns, with each one representing a different phase of progress, for example, “Not Started,” “In Progress,” “In Review,” and “Complete.” Each card or sticky note represents a task within the project. As your team progresses, the cards are moved from one column to the next on the board, giving you holistic progress updates at a glance.