Set roadmap default timeframe to 'This year' to improve content visibility
Summary
Currently, the epic filtered Roadmap defaults to the 'This Quarter' timeframe, which often leads to roadmaps appearing empty or minimally populated. This can cause confusion or dissatisfaction for users expecting a more comprehensive overview of their planned items. With this change we will default the initial timeframe to 'This year' to present a broader range of content, thereby reducing the likelihood of an empty roadmap display and improving the overall user experience.
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Proposal: For the epic filtered roadmap (
view on a roadmap
link from epic child hierarchy widget):-
Adjust the default timeframe on the Roadmap feature to 'This year' -
Adjust the layout preset to months
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- User Value: Reduces instances where the roadmap appears empty or sparsely populated, enhancing the user experience by providing a broader view of planned items.
- Roadmap Alignment: This change supports our roadmap north star of accelerating Plan feature adoption. By improving the usability of the roadmap feature, we address a barrier to new users adopting GitLab's planning tools. Ensuring the roadmap loads with content without manual intervention helps ease the transition for users switching from other platforms.
- Scope: The change will apply to only the instance where the Roadmap launched from within the epic's child hierarchy widget.
Definition of Done (DoD)
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The epic filtered roadmap ( view on a roadmap
link from epic child hierarchy widget) defaults toThis year
timeframe. -
The layout preset is set to months
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The change is tested to ensure no regressions in functionality. -
Documentation is updated to reflect the new default setting.
Screenshots & additional reference
view on a roadmap
link from epic child hierarchy widget
This quarter
Experience when epics do not match current default date range of
This year
Change default setting of epic filtered Roadmap to Edited by Amanda Rueda