Before adding Plane labels, count what states and priorities already tell you
Before adding categories in Plane, check what the existing properties already let you find. SquadNote had no labels in the inspected project, but its work items did have states and priorities. There is no verified history here of creating too many labels and then pruning them. This article uses the current 52 items and Git records to decide what future labels might classify. No labels were added…
Before adding labels in Plane, it is essential to consider the existing properties, such as states and priorities, that can already classify work items. For SquadNote, there were no labels found and the 52 items were already classified into states (Completed, Started, Backlog, Unstarted, Cancelled) and priorities (High, Medium, Low).
Adding labels would not provide any additional filtering capabilities since these properties already offer sufficient classification. It is also important to avoid grouping unrelated work items under a single label, such as copying HTML and CSS into a taxonomy that groups application-screen changes with social media asset production.
The focus should be on selecting categories that accurately represent the work items' nature and purpose, rather than simply duplicating existing technology names.
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