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Nextedy PLANNINGBOARD is a Planningboard for Siemens Polarion ALM that arranges Plans and work items as cards across swimlanes, giving teams a visual, capacity-aware view for sprint and release planning. It embeds directly into Polarion LiveDoc and Wiki pages as a configurable widget, complementing timeline-based tools with a board/Kanban-style planning experience.

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Quick Navigation

Getting Started

Install Planningboard, set up your first project, and create your first Planningboard step by step.

Concepts

Understand board structure, swimlane assignment modes, Plans modes, capacity tracking, and prioritization.

Guides

How-to guides for configuration, swimlane setup, capacity management, planning workflows, and advanced scripting.

Reference

Complete widget parameter listings, configuration properties, scripting API, assignment modes, and UI elements.

FAQ

Answers to common questions on configuration, capacity, swimlanes, SAFe integration, and licensing.

Troubleshooting

Resolve script errors, capacity calculation issues, drag-and-drop problems, and version update issues.

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Key Features

  • Board view of Plans and work items — Polarion Plans become columns and work items render as cards, giving teams a visual overview of sprint and release scope
  • Configurable swimlanes — Group cards by assignee, parent item, enumeration field, project, or SAFe team; run in no-swimlanes mode for a flat board
  • Capacity bars per swimlane — Track capacity load visually with per-swimlane capacity bars and normalization across swimlanes
  • Plan queries — Select which Plans appear on the board using Lucene-based Plan queries
  • Drag-and-drop planning — Move work items between Plans and swimlanes directly on the board
  • Prioritization — Order work items on the board and persist priority within Plans
  • Card content and appearance customization — Configure which fields appear on cards, apply color rules, and highlight items planned after their due date
  • SAFe integration — Support for SAFe Sprints, Program Increments, and Solution Train planning views with dedicated swimlane and Plans modes
  • Advanced scripting — Item scripts, config scripts, data scripts, and template functions for extending board behavior
  • Cross-project planning — Arrange work items from multiple Polarion projects on a single board

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Documentation Structure

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Common Tasks

Polarion ALM feeding into the Planningboard Widget, which shows Sprint 1-3 columns with Alice, Bob, and Unassigned swimlanes, cards, capacity bars, the Unplanned Sidebar, and Toolbar Controls
Start with Installation to add the widget to your Polarion instance, then follow Create Your First Planningboard to set up your first board. The Board Structure concept page explains how Plans, swimlanes, and cards relate to each other.
Last modified on July 9, 2026