Projects Overview

Projects in HighFly help you organize and track work that spans across teams. They provide a high-level view of related issues, progress tracking, and activity history.

What Are Projects?

A project is a container for grouping related issues together, regardless of which team those issues belong to. This is particularly useful for:

Cross-functional initiatives that involve multiple teams (e.g., a product launch involving Engineering, Design, and Marketing)
Tracking milestones with a clear start and end goal
Organizing sprints or releases that bundle multiple features together
Client projects where you need to track all work for a specific client across teams

Projects list showing multiple projects with their status, teams, and progress

Project Statuses

Every project has a status that reflects its current state:

Status	Description
Planning	Project is being scoped and planned, not yet started
Active	Work is actively being done on this project
On Hold	Project is temporarily paused
Completed	All work has been finished
Archived	Project is closed and no longer visible in default views

You can change a project's status at any time from the project detail page sidebar.

Projects, Teams, and Issues

Understanding how projects relate to teams and issues is key to using them effectively:

Organization
├── Team A (Engineering)
│   ├── Issue ENG-1 ──────┐
│   └── Issue ENG-2 ──────┤
├── Team B (Design)       │
│   └── Issue DES-1 ──────┼──▶ Project: "Q1 Product Launch"
└── Team C (Marketing)    │
    └── Issue MKT-1 ──────┘

Key relationships:

A project must have at least one team linked to it
A project can include issues from any of its linked teams
Issues from different teams appear together in the project's board or list view
When you create an issue from a project page, it's automatically linked to that project

Project detail page showing the main content area and sidebar

Progress Tracking

Projects automatically track progress based on the issues linked to them:

Completed Issues: Number of issues with "Completed" status
Total Issues: Total number of issues in the project
Percentage: Visual progress indicator

Progress indicator showing completion percentage

Progress updates in real-time as you complete issues within the project.

Navigating Projects

Projects List

Access all your organization's projects from the sidebar by clicking Projects. The list shows:

Project name and icon
Current status
Linked teams
Assigned members
Progress percentage

Project Detail Page

Click any project to open its detail page, which includes:

Main content area: Editable title, description, and progress summary
Right sidebar: Status selector, assignees, teams, and project icon customization
Recent activity: Latest changes made to the project

Project Issues Page

From the project header, click Board or List to view all issues in the project:

Board view: Kanban-style columns organized by status
List view: Compact list grouped by status with collapsible sections

Next Steps

Creating & Managing Projects - Learn how to create and configure projects
Issues in Projects - Work with issues within projects
Activity Tracking - Monitor changes and history