Pitch: access control/'client mode'

[rjpaskin]

Access control/'client mode'

As a developer or project owner
I want to be able to share a board with the client
To improve communication with them
And keep them in the loop with project progress

Some vague ideas:

Check permissions on GitHub and only show tickets from repos that user can access

Problems

• Permission checking would slow down the app (especially with boards with lots of repos)
• Reordering tickets becomes tricky - if I can't see all the tickets in a swimlane, where
  should we place a ticket when I move it with regards to those hidden tickets?
  • Show all tickets, but ones from inaccessible repos appear as a generic "ticket from a repo you can't see"

Have 'nested' boards, which share the same swimlanes, but only include a subset of repos

Give clients access to the subset that concerns them, but retain the ability to see the 'big picture' for
the product owner when planning.

Have a filtering UI so that users can show/hide tickets from certain repos

A readonly mode for clients, or limit their ability to move tickets to certain swimlanes