Managing priorities across multiple levels can be overwhelming, often requiring manual updates and constant alignment. With Connected Kanban Boards in Kendis, you can automate this process by mapping columns between boards, ensuring work moves effortlessly from strategy to execution.

For example, a Portfolio Kanban where high-priority initiatives move into a Priority A column. Instead of manually updating downstream boards, Kendis automatically adds these items to the Product Management Kanban Backlog. As work progresses, moving a card to Business Refinement in Product Management instantly sends it to the Product Owners Kanban Business Priorities. This automated prioritization flow keeps teams aligned, eliminates bottlenecks, and accelerates decision-making without extra effort.

Kendis Kanban boards can be created at any level. To ensure smooth connections between boards, they must operate at the same hierarchy level. For example, if you're working with Features, all Kanban boards that need to be connected should be created at the Feature level.

To connect Kanban Board Column to another column follow these steps

Once set up, any time a card is moved into the "Product Owners Queue" column, it will automatically appear in the "Initial Assessment" column on the Product Owners Kanban Board.

This ensures that prioritized features dynamically flow to the PO board, allowing the POs to focus on refining them efficiently.

Once the connected Kanban board (e.g., Product Owners Kanban Board) receives features in its Initial Assessment Queue, POs can start working on them, moving the cards through their own Kanban workflow.

There is no impact on the original Product Management Features board (the "Sending Kanban" board) unless a mapping is configured to a status or custom field. This ensures that POs have full flexibility to manage their work without altering the source board’s structure.