Bring Order to Chaos: Zenhub Supercharges Sub-Issues in GitHub

Managing large, multifaceted projects in GitHub can be challenging, especially when balancing detailed tracking with maintaining a clear overview. Teams often resort to juggling multiple tools to effectively break down and manage projects. Zenhub’s new Sub-Issues feature offers a comprehensive solution, enabling you to efficiently manage complex tasks directly within GitHub Issues while addressing key limitations of GitHub’s native implementation.

Why Zenhub’s Sub-Issues Matter for Your Team

Engineering teams frequently encounter tasks too large or complex to manage effectively as single items. Zenhub’s Sub-Issues help by:

• Breaking down large tasks into manageable subtasks: Split bigger tasks into smaller, trackable pieces that can be assigned and monitored individually.
• Keeping everything connected in GitHub: Sub-Issues live within the parent issue, maintaining all relevant information in one place and reducing tool-switching.
• Tracking progress more efficiently: See how each completed subtask contributes to overall progress, providing a clearer picture of project advancement.
• Improving planning and reporting: Refine sprint planning and resource allocation with granular progress data, leading to better decision-making and more accurate reporting.

How Zenhub’s Sub-Issues Work

Zenhub’s Sub-Issues integrate seamlessly into your GitHub workflow while addressing key challenges:

1. Standardized Hierarchy: Implement an organization-wide type and hierarchy configuration with five consistent levels used by all teams.
2. Structured Approach: Maintain a clear structure with day-to-day work at “level 4” in the hierarchy, organized as Objectives > Projects > Epics > Issues.
3. Intuitive UI/UX: Simplify understanding with one-click filtering options for different hierarchy levels.
4. Enhanced Status Visibility: Get clear “at-a-glance” status indicators for sub-issues, with simple to-do → doing → done progress on board cards and total remaining work across all sub-issue levels.
5. Clear Board Differentiation: Easily identify issues with sub-issues through visual indicators and progress icons on cards.
6. Cross-Team Compatibility: Use Zenhub’s advanced reports (burndown, burnup, velocity, lead time, cycle time, cumulative flow, and GitHub code insights) across multiple teams, ensuring consistent comparisons even with different workflows.

Check out a walkthrough of the new feature with our VP of Product, George Champlin-Scharff:

Key Advantages Over GitHub’s Native Implementation

• Unified Experience: Standardize issue management across your entire organization.
• Simplified Hierarchy: Avoid overly complex structures while maintaining flexibility.
• Improved Visibility: Easily track progress at all levels, not just immediate sub-issues.
• Cross-Team Analysis: Conduct meaningful comparisons and analysis across different teams and projects.

Get Early Access to Zenhub’s Enhanced Sub-Issues

We’re launching early access to Zenhub’s Sub-Issues for teams eager to use this feature before the full release. By joining the waitlist, you’ll be among the first to:

• Test out our enhanced Sub-Issues in your projects
• Provide feedback to help refine the feature
• Help shape the future of project management within Zenhub

How to Sign Up

To join the waitlist, visit our Sub-Issues Early Access page and submit your details. We’ll notify you as soon as early access is available.

Take Control of Complex Projects Without Leaving GitHub

Zenhub’s enhanced Sub-Issues offer the structure and clarity your team needs to manage complex projects efficiently, all while staying within the GitHub ecosystem. Experience a new level of project management that combines the power of GitHub with Zenhub’s innovative features.