Notion Just Made Boards Way Better with the new Status Property.

Here’s how it works.

Notion’s board view is one of those features that — we know is critical as project managers — but has a learning curve for users new to sprints, kanban boards, or project management in general.

I think the product team at Notion picked up on this early, because this update followed months of beta testing (and deliberation) around one key question:

What should be the default statuses for project boards?

Standardized Phases

With the latest update, there are now three stages for project boards:

1. To-do
2. In Progress
3. Complete

Using the New Board View

Option 1: Use Standard View

Typing /board will create a new board, with the three status by default. As of this post, creating a board this way will only allow for the three statuses. In other words, it’s not possible to add additional phases after the fact.

Option 2: Create A…