Marketing Groups and Projects guidelines
Background
GitLab helps to organize teams and work through a hierarchy of Groups and Projects.
Key things to know
Groups can contain other groups (subgroups) and projects.
Groups and Projects are both similar and fundamentally different, which can be confusing when using GitLab
Feature | Groups | Projects | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Epics | X | Collection of related sub epics and issues in a strategic theme | |
Roadmaps | X | Graphical view of epics over time | |
Milestones | X | X | Burndown charts of a time boxed period |
Issue Insights | X | X | Analytical view of issues and merge requests |
Labels | X | X | Flexible ability to tag issues, epics and Merge Requests |
Issue Lists | X | X | Lists of all issues, enables bulk updates |
Issue Boards | X | X | Visual boards of issues grouped in lists |
Issues | X | An item of work, a deliverable, a request, a discussion | |
Repositories | X | A set of files that are under version control | |
Merge Requests | X | The discussion/management of change to files under version control | |
CI Pipelines | X | Automation of build and test of files / code that is being changed |
Graphically, this illustrates the difference between groups and projects:
Known limitations
- Epics can only be created at the group level, not at the project level.
Guidelines
Marketing GitLab Structure
In Marketing, we have diverse teams, where some need to develop demos and code, and others need to manage complex projects such as campaigns and large events. In order to support a variety of activities, we are using Sub-Groups to provide flexibility enable the teams to have an area to work and be productive.
Marketing Sub Groups and Projects
- In order to work and manage issues, there must be at LEAST one project under EACH of the Marketing SubGroups.
- As needed, the marketing teams can create additional SubGroups and projects to organize and manage their work.
- For example of a Marketing SubGroups such as under the
Corporate Marketing
group- Contribute group and
- Contribute-Workshops group
- Tech. Evangelism group
- both subgroups have projects and support management of corporate events.
- For example of a Marketing SubGroups such as under the
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