Review the project with the people doing the work. Update issues where decisions are made so the next person or agent sees the same context.
- Triage incoming work. Clarify the problem, remove duplicates, and set priority.
- Check Ready. Return issues with unresolved decisions or dependencies to Backlog. Split Large tasks into independently reviewable changes.
- Check active work. Confirm ownership and record the next step for each blocked item. Keep fewer issues active than the team can actually progress.
- Clear the review queue. Give each item a reviewer or an explicit next action.
- Reconcile completion. Check linked PRs and acceptance criteria. Distinguish delivered work from issues closed as duplicates or not planned.
- Find missing metadata. Use All items to find issues outside the saved working views. Assign a status or remove items added by mistake.
- Prune deliberately. Archive completed or declined project items when they stop helping planning. Archiving a project item does not delete its underlying issue.
Finish with an ordered Ready queue and a named next action for each blocked or reviewing item. Add iteration planning only when the team needs it.