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# Plans Modes

> Plans modes control how Nextedy PLANNINGBOARD selects and displays Polarion Plans as columns on the board.

## Topics

<Columns cols={3}>
  <Card title="Project Plans" icon="list" href="/planningboard/reference/plans-modes/project-plans">
    Display standard Polarion Plans as board columns. Use a Plan query to select which Plans appear and in what order.
  </Card>

  <Card title="SAFe Sprints" icon="file" href="/planningboard/reference/plans-modes/safe-sprints">
    Show SAFe iteration-level Sprints as board columns, scoped to a Program Increment or release boundary.
  </Card>

  <Card title="SAFe Program Increments" icon="file" href="/planningboard/reference/plans-modes/safe-pis">
    Show SAFe PI-level Plans as board columns for PI planning and capacity allocation across Agile Release Trains.
  </Card>

  <Card title="SAFe Solution Trains" icon="file" href="/planningboard/reference/plans-modes/safe-solutions">
    Show Solution Train Plans as board columns for large-scale, multi-ART planning across a solution.
  </Card>
</Columns>

<Tip title="Choosing a Plans mode">
  Use **Project Plans** for standard Scrum or release planning with Polarion's built-in Plan hierarchy. Switch to one of the **SAFe** modes when your organization runs a Scaled Agile Framework programme — SAFe Sprints for iteration-level boards, SAFe Program Increments for PI-level boards, and SAFe Solution Trains for cross-ART coordination.
</Tip>

## Plans mode and the board layout

The Plans mode you select determines what appears as columns on the board. Swimlanes (rows) are configured independently via the swimlane assignment type — see [Swimlanes (Rows) Parameters](/planningboard/reference/widget-parameters/swimlanes-parameters).

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/none-17b4493f/vfRg9jxXRntLqZFW/planningboard/diagrams/reference/plans-modes/index/diagram-1.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=vfRg9jxXRntLqZFW&q=85&s=f5235d85a4198f9849240d767883a131" alt="The selected Plans mode determines the board's four columns (Plan A–D), each holding cards and a capacity bar, while swimlane assignment configures the rows independently" width="760" height="410" data-path="planningboard/diagrams/reference/plans-modes/index/diagram-1.svg" />
</Frame>

The active Plans mode is set via the Plans (Columns) widget parameters — see [Plans (Columns) Parameters](/planningboard/reference/widget-parameters/plans-parameters) for the full parameter reference.

<Accordion title="Sources">
  **KB Articles**

  * Swimlane Assignment Types
  * Planningboard interface & basic interactions
  * Introduction to Planningboard

  **Support Tickets**

  * [#5879](https://support.nextedy.com/helpdesk/tickets/5879)
  * [#4711](https://support.nextedy.com/helpdesk/tickets/4711)
  * [#6685](https://support.nextedy.com/helpdesk/tickets/6685)

  **Source Code**

  * `PlanningBoardDataService.java`
  * `PlanningBoardWidgetRenderer.java`
  * `PlansMode.java`
  * `Config.java`
  * `PlanningBoardWidgetDependenciesProcessor.java`
</Accordion>