Kanban Board: What It Is & When to Use It in PSOhub
Learn what the Kanban board in PSOhub is, where you'll find it, and when it's the right way to manage your tasks
Published: 1 June 2026
Audience
- Admin
- Project Manager
Objective
This article explains what the Kanban board in PSOhub is, how it fits into Work Management, and when to use it instead of other task views such as List, Grid, or Timeline.
Introduction
The Kanban board in PSOhub — known in the product as the Kanban view — is a visual way of managing tasks. It displays tasks as cards organized into lanes that represent the stages of your workflow, such as To do, Work in progress, and Done.
Kanban itself is an agile methodology that helps teams visualize their work, limit work in progress, and identify bottlenecks before they put delivery at risk. In PSOhub, the Kanban view brings this methodology directly into your task management — alongside more traditional views such as List and Grid.
The Kanban view is not the right fit for every project. For some teams, a simple task list is enough. Kanban is most valuable when your team works iteratively, manages flow rather than fixed plans, or needs a clear visual signal of where work is getting stuck.
What the Kanban View Helps You Do
The Kanban view is designed to support teams that need clarity on the flow of work, not just the list of work. It helps you:
- Visualize the status of every task at a glance
- Identify delays and bottlenecks in your workflow
- Focus on the work currently in progress rather than everything that's open
- Reduce the need for routine status update meetings
- Move tasks through stages by dragging cards between lanes
This makes the Kanban view especially useful for agile project management, software development, engineering and product teams, support teams, QA teams, and portfolio-level work.
When to Use the Kanban View
The Kanban view is one of several task views available in PSOhub. Each view is suited to a different way of working.
Use the Kanban View when:
- Your team works iteratively and tasks flow through defined stages
- You need to spot bottlenecks or work in progress overload
- Visual progress tracking is more useful than a flat task list
💡 Tip: The Kanban view and other task views are not mutually exclusive. You can switch between them at any time depending on what you need to do.
How to Access the Kanban View
The Kanban view is available in three places in PSOhub, each scoped to a different level of your work.
Whether you are managing your own daily tasks, tracking work across your organization, or focusing on a single project, you can switch to the Kanban view from the view toggle at the top of the task area.
| Context | What it shows |
|---|---|
| My Tasks | Only the tasks assigned to you, across all projects. Use this for personal task management and daily prioritization. |
| All Tasks | All tasks across every project in your organization. Use this for portfolio-level oversight and cross-project task management. |
| Project Tasks | Tasks for one specific project. Use this when you are focused on managing delivery of a single engagement. |
Whichever context you use, the structure of the Kanban view is the same: cards, lanes, and a clear picture of where work stands.
How the Kanban View is Structured
The Kanban view is made up of two key elements: cards and lanes.
A card represents a single task. It shows the task name, related project, assigned resource, due date, and planned and booked hours. Priority is shown on the card where it has been set.
A lane represents a stage in your workflow. PSOhub comes with a default set of lanes — To do, Work in progress, Reviewing, Done, and To Be Reviewed — and additional lanes can be configured to match how your team works.
📌 Note: Kanban lanes are configured at the organization level. If you work across multiple organizations, each organization can have its own lane setup.
Kanban and Task Status
The Kanban view is more than a visualization — it is connected to the status of your tasks.
When you drag a card from one lane to another, PSOhub updates the underlying status of the task automatically. For example, moving a card from To do into Work in progress changes the task status to In Progress. Moving it into Done marks the task as Completed.
This means the Kanban view and the List view are always in sync. You can update task status visually by moving cards, or directly by editing the task — both methods produce the same result.
📌 Note: Filtering the Kanban view by status (To do, In Progress, Completed) only filters which cards are shown. It does not change the lane structure or how cards are organized.
Next Steps
✅ Start using the Kanban view
Learn how to switch to the Kanban view, move cards between lanes, and update task status visually.
Kanban view: How to use it in PSOhub
✅ Configure Kanban lanes for your organization
Set up the lanes that reflect how your team works, including custom lanes and status mappings.
Kanban lanes: How to configure them in PSOhub
✅ Explore other task views
Understand how the List, Grid, and Timeline views complement the Kanban view.
Task views in PSOhub