Initiatives

Group related briefs into a hierarchy that mirrors how your team plans — epics, workstreams, quarters, or however you organize work.

Overview

Initiatives let you organize briefs into a tree structure so your team can see how individual projects connect to larger goals. Each initiative has a title, description, and metadata sidebar, and can contain child initiatives or linked briefs.

The tree view gives you a bird's-eye picture of how work rolls up. Click any node to see its details, or expand the tree to trace a brief back to the initiative it belongs to.

How It Works

  1. Open the Initiatives tab — Navigate to Initiatives in your workspace sidebar.

  2. Create an initiative — Click "New Initiative" to create a top-level node. Give it a title and optional description using the built-in editor.

  3. Build the hierarchy — Drag initiatives to nest them under a parent, or create child initiatives directly from the tree. There is no depth limit.

  4. Link briefs — Associate existing briefs with an initiative. An initiative can have multiple linked briefs.

  5. View metadata — Select any initiative to open the metadata sidebar. It shows the title, description, linked briefs, and child initiatives at a glance.

Key Capabilities

  • Tree view: Expand and collapse the hierarchy to focus on the level you care about. The tree uses drag-and-drop for reorganization.

  • Card view: Switch to a card grid for a flatter view of your initiatives. Display preferences (card vs. tree) are saved per page.

  • Brief search: Search for briefs to link from the initiative detail view. Results filter as you type.

  • Metadata sidebar: Each initiative shows a sidebar with its description, linked briefs, and position in the hierarchy.

  • Role-based access: Creating and managing initiatives requires the initiatives.manage permission. Team members with viewer roles can browse the tree but cannot make changes.

  • Realtime updates: Changes to the initiative tree are broadcast to all connected users in real time.

Tips

  • Start with a small hierarchy — two levels is often enough. You can always add depth later as your portfolio grows.
  • Use initiatives to group briefs by quarter, product area, or strategic theme — whatever makes sense for how your team plans.
  • Link briefs to initiatives early. It is easier to maintain the hierarchy as you go than to reorganize retroactively.

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