Zenhub + github

Sub-issues have arrived to Zenhub!

Zenhub supercharges GitHub Issues with advanced sub-issues and issue types, providing a flexible work breakdown system for scaling organizations.
Now available in Zenhub

Flexibility and control with advanced reporting, streamlined processes, and automation

Advanced hierarchies

Automatically enforce work breakdown structures with Zenhub’s rules engine, ensuring clarity and organization at every level—from entire projects to sub-issues.

Multi-Level reporting

Track work at multiple levels with custom reporting that provides visibility into the details that matter most, whether you're focused on Projects, Epics, Features, or Sub-tasks.

Automation-driven workflows

Automate risk assessments, align dates, and maintain control over project complexity with Zenhub’s built-in guardrails that prevent chaos.

Persona-based UIs

GitHub Issues are great for Developers, but only Zenhub makes them work for everyone by giving your tailored views, more intuitive experience for developers and project managers alike.

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Why we built Sub-Issues

Prevent Project Chaos with Zenhub

Without structure, GitHub’s sub-issues spiral into confusion, causing delays and miscommunication. Zenhub brings the clarity teams need to stay on track.
Github Sub-issues
Hierarchy Structure
GitHub's sub-issues can reach up to 8 levels deep, without specifying what level they start at, resulting in overwhelming complexity. Without enforced rules, teams quickly lose control, creating an unmanageable tangle of issues that makes scaling impossible.
Team Visibility
Visibility across teams becomes virtually non-existent as sub-issues are applied inconsistently, leading to a fragmented mess. This lack of alignment between teams makes it nearly impossible to understand what’s happening organization-wide.
Progress Tracking
With potentially hundreds of randomly structured sub-issues, tracking project progress is a nightmare. Teams are left with disjointed, untrackable tasks that undermine overall accountability and project health.
Collaboration
Collaboration disintegrates as teams structure work in wildly different ways, leaving cross-functional efforts scattered and ineffective. Misalignment leads to miscommunication, delays, and lost work.
Risk of Chaos
Without strict guidelines, GitHub’s sub-issues descend into chaos. The sheer volume of misaligned sub-issues across teams creates an operational disaster, severely increasing the risk of missed deadlines, wasted resources, and project failure.
Dependency Management
Dependencies aren't available with GitHub, with creates random connections between sub-issues, making it impossible to track and manage dependencies accurately, leading to a domino effect of failures.
Zenhub Sub-issues
Hierarchy Structure
Zenhub enforces a consistent hierarchy, ensuring teams stay organized, scalable, and effective across projects.
Team Visibility
Zenhub’s hierarchy safeguard ensures a clear, unified view of sub-issues, allowing teams and leadership to easily monitor progress and goals.
Progress Tracking
Zenhub provides a streamlined approach to tracking progress at both high-level and granular levels, ensuring clarity and transparency throughout the project lifecycle.
Collaboration
Zenhub fosters cohesive collaboration by enforcing a unified structure, allowing all teams to work in sync and align towards common goals.
Risk of Chaos
Zenhub prevents this chaos by enforcing a consistent structure, giving teams the guardrails they need to avoid disorganization and maintain control.
Dependency Management
Zenhub ensures all dependencies are clearly tracked and managed, allowing teams to avoid bottlenecks and stay on top of interconnected tasks.
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