Five easy ways to create sticky notes and start visualizing work in your PI Sessions.
Sticky notes in piplanning.io are much more than colored rectangles — they are context-aware planning objects that help teams visualize, structure, and align their work during PI Planning and Execution. This article focuses on how to add sticky notes to your board, quickly and in the way that suits your workflow.
What makes a Sticky Note smart
Sticky notes in piplanning.io adapt to your context automatically. What you see on a sticky note, from type and estimate fields to ALM sync status, depends on:
The type of sticky note (e.g. work item, dependency, note, etc.)
The mode you’re in (Planning or Execution)
The board you’re working on (Team, ART, Solution, etc.)
To explore how sticky notes behave and change depending on your planning context, see A SMART Sticky Note
5 ways to create Sticky Notes
Here are the different ways to quickly add new sticky notes to your board:
Open the Sticky Note palette and click on the Sticky Note you want to add
Found at the bottom of your screen. Click once to add one sticky, click multiple times to add more.
Drag & drop from the Sticky Note palette
Simply grab a note from the bottom toolbar and place it wherever it’s needed.Click and hold where you want to place the sticky note. A pop-up appears where you can select the sticky note type you want to add.
Right-click anywhere on the board (context-menu) and select "Create new sticky note". Then Select the sticky note type you want to add.
Press “N” on your keyboard and select the sticky note type you want to add.
What’s Next: Make the Most of Sticky Notes
Once you’ve added sticky notes, there’s a lot more you can do. Here’s a quick overview of other helpful topics to explore.
Use Sticky Types
Learn which sticky types are available and how to use them based on your needs: