This time, we’ve only added a very short overview of the KANBAN module along with two videos to show you how to manage User Stories and how to filter the KANBAN chart.

You can see the new topic here: Working with the KANBAN chart.

You can also check out our Youtube channel, here.

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In this article, we try to give a quick overview of the most important features of Taiga Tribe,with a focus on creating and managing a gig.

Let’s assume that your team simply cannot deal in due time with a User Story on your Taiga project. A quick, easy and convenient solution is to publish that User Story as a gig on Taiga Tribe and hire people interested, and with the necessary knowledge, to work on your gig – they would be the “gigsters”.

In short, the basic process would be:

1. You publish a gig on Taiga Tribe.
2. Gigsters apply to work on that gig – by doing this, the gig owner is automatically added to the gigster’s Contacts list.
3. You select the gigster that is the best fit to perform the work you need.
4. The gigster you select accepts – the gigster has to provide a Paypal account, if one has not been added to their profile yet.
5. You start the work after you pay the fee via Paypal – the only payment platform supported so far at the time of this article.
6. You get in touch with the gigster if you need to communicate something.
7. The gigster marks the gig as complete, you confirm and the gigster gets paid.

You can access the My gigs page to view all the gigs you have published (ongoing or closed).

Creating a gig

You can create a gig on Taiga Tribe:

• from the details page of a User Story – for more details, you can go to Publish as Gig in Taiga Tribe
• directly from Taiga Tribe after you login – you can login with your Taiga credentials (you can go here to see details about publishing a gig)

Linking a gig

To link a gig you create directly from Taiga Tribe to a User Story on a Taiga project:

1. On that gig’s details page, click MANAGE THIS GIG WITH TAIGA.IO – this action opens the Manage job with Taiga page.
2. On the Manage job with Taiga page you can:

• link that gig to an existing User Story on your Taiga project
• create a new User Story on your project that will be linked to that gig
• create a whole new Taiga project with a new User Story to manage that gig

Note: If you already own a private Taiga project, then you can only create a new public project or you can update your Taiga pricing plan.

Both the gig owner and the gigster can link a gig to a User Story on a Taiga project. If both do so, then both linked User Stories are displayed on that gig’s details page.

When you publish a gig from the details page of a User Story, the gig and the User Story are automatically linked. Of course, they can be unlinked from the Edit gig management page – you can see how to access this page in the following sections of this article

Other actions you can take on a gig’s details page

Before you publish a gig you have just created, there are several actions you can take on its details page.

Note: To access a gig’s details page, on the My gigs page, click that gig’s name.

Edit gig settings

To edit the gig’s settings, next to its name, click  – this action opens the edit page.

Change the way you manage the gig

To access the Edit gig management page, under the number and subject of the linked User Story, click Edit.

On the Edit gig management page, you can:

• select another User Story from the same Taiga project to manage the gig
• select another Taiga project or create a new Taiga project to manage the gig
• simply unlink the gig from its Taiga User Story – you can link them again at any time
• choose who can see the User Story linked to the gig – you can allow the gigster that works on the gig to view the User Story that is linked to the gig

Sync with Taiga

Up until the moment you select a gigster (right before the work starts), you can sync data back and forth between the gig on Taiga Tribe and the User Story on the Taiga project that is linked to it.

To get data from the User Story, on the gig’s details page, click Synchronize with Taiga.io.

After the work starts, you can only sync data from the gig towards the User Story, but not from the User Story towards the gig.

Actions after a gig is published

After you publish a gig, you can click its name to access the details page. Depending on the current stage the gig is in, there are several actions available for you (as the owner) and for a gigster.

Invite gigsters

You can invite gigsters to apply – to do this, click INVITE GIGSTERS.

Select gigster

If gigsters apply to work for your gig, you can click SELECT GIGSTER to view a list with all applicants and select a gigster.

Start working

Once the selected gigster accepts the gig, you have to click START WORKING to first pay the fee to Taiga Tribe via Paypal and then get in contact with the gigster to proceed with the work.

Before you pay the fee, you can always select another gigster.

Communicate

Communication between you and the gigster can be done via the integrated messaging feature of Taiga Tribe.

Cancel gig

As a gig owner or as a gigster, you can cancel a gig at any time.

If, as a gig owner, you cancel the gig before work starts, you do not have to give a reason for cancelling, however, you do have the option to send a message to gigsters that may have applied.

To cancel a gig after work has started, as a gig owner or as a gigster, on the My Gigs page you have to click Cancel gig and give a reason for cancelling (for the Taiga Tribe team and for the gig owner or gigster).

After a gig is cancelled, it is considered closed and marked accordingly.

Accept the work

As a gigster, after being selected, you have to ACCEPT THE GIG if you want to continue – the gig owner will be able to start the work.

Suggest another price

Gigsters (even if they have not applied for the gig) can suggest another fixed price – Suggest a new price, or suggest a range – Is this price fair?.

Abandon gig

As a gigster, if you do not wish to continue, you can abandon a gig before work starts, without giving a reason. To do this, click Abandon gig.

Alternatively, to abandon a gig before work starts, on the My Gigs page you can click Abandon (or Cancel right before you would accept the gig).

Note: The Abandon gig link is no longer available after work starts.

Flag gig

Gigsters can click Flag this gig to signal that there is something wrong with a gig.

Share gig

Anyone can click Share gig in order to share a gig on social networks.

Mark as complete

When work is done, the gigster marks the gig as complete and you will have to confirm. By confirming you will pay the gigster for all the work – the User Story linked to the gig can now be closed and your project is one step closer to completion.

So, what else is there…?

Taiga Tribe comes with other great features that will look familiar if you are already accustomed to Taiga.

When you access Taiga Tribe and login, you will see your “homepage”, with the menu bar on the top side and under it, a list with gigs recommended for you.

From the top menu bar, you can click the All gigs or All gigsters links to view all available gigs or all gigsters, or you can use the search box to find a specific gig or a gigster.

In addition, from the top menu bar, you can access your profile page or your account settings page.

To access your profile page, on the top menu bar, position your pointer over your Taiga Tribe username and then, from the drop-down menu, select Edit Profile.

On the profile page, you can add or edit personal details as well as professional details.

To access your account settings page, on the top menu bar, position your pointer over your Taiga Tribe username and then, from the drop-down menu, select Settings.

On the account settings page, you can edit your e-mail address and your Taiga Tribe username or you can cancel your Taiga Tribe account.

Other settings you can edit are:

• your password
• the notifications you receive
• your PayPal account e-mail

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The scenario was:

• My Taiga project has a User Story that is part of the current Sprint.
• That User Story has multiple Tasks.
• My team has just realized that they could not complete one of those Tasks within the current Sprint.

The question was: how can I move that one Task to the next Sprint?

This is what we proposed:

1. Go to the BACKLOG module and create a new User Story, let’s call it User Story X and add it to Sprint 1 (the current Sprint).
2. Go to the Sprint 1 TASKBOARD.
3. On the Sprint 1 TASKBOARD, locate the Task that you want to move to the next sprint and just drag-and-drop it on the row of User Story X (on the same column/status).
4. Return to the BACKLOG module and, if you have not already done so, create the next sprint. Let’s call it Sprint 2.
5. Drag-and-drop User Story X to Sprint 2 – the Task that was attached to User Story X is now part of Sprint 2 and, if needed, you can move it to another User Story of that Sprint and delete User Story X.

You can have a look at the following topics if you need more details on how to complete the five steps listed above:

• Working with the TASKBOARD
• Working with Sprints
• Creating a User Story from the BACKLOG

Hope this helps!

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

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Have a look here.

We now finally cover the ways to create User Stories from the Backlog and from the KANBAN chart, either one by one, or in bulk, with your favourite project management tool: Taiga.

See how you can do all this here.

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You can now see how you can create several new User Stories from the BACKLOG for your Taiga.io Scrum project.

This feature might come in handy for your Scrum meetings when you need to do some quick project planning.

Soon we’ll write a new topic about how you can create User Stories in bulk from the KANBAN module.

Stay posted!

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The Topics menu automatically hides when needed so that there is more space for the topic you are reading and you have the SHOW/HIDE TOPICS button if you need to scroll through the menu.

Grab your tablet and have a look here

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Have a look!

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Soon, we will update Working with Sprints and Working with Issues and we will add some new topics.

Stay tuned!

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Among some very cool visual updates, we now have a pricing plan. Of course, public projects remain free and we also get one free private project with up to 25 members.

You can have a look at the full pricing plan here.

For Taiga PM this means that we will continue to work hard to bring you the most up-to-date content in order to make it easy for you to learn how to use Taiga.

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The 10 steps now cover how you can add attachments to a User Story when you are creating it, a feature that has been added in Taiga Dryas Octopetala Release (1.10.0). Of course, you can later manage the attachments from the User Story’s details page (User Story attachments).

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