# Weekly commitments

A weekly commitment records that a person plans to work on a story or task during a week. It does not change the card's assignee or status.

## Make a realistic weekly plan

A freelancer might commit to three client tasks for this week. A team can check its weekly plan to see what each person has picked up and where help is needed.

## Commit to your own week

1. Open a story or task.
2. Choose **Commit to this week**. The button changes to **Committed this week**. Choose it again to take the card off your week.
3. Use **Commit to another week** beside it to plan for next week.

![Card weekly commitment controls with the current-week toggle highlighted](https://sprintree.com/docs-media/commitments-create-light-eddf8e31.webp)

4. Open **My issues** in the sidebar, then **This week**. Your committed cards appear here, including cards assigned to someone else.
5. Use the week controls to look at another week. If unfinished work remains from last week, use **Carry over** to add it to the current week.

## Review the team plan

1. Open the project's weekly plan using **Weekly plan** in its header or **More** menu.
2. Review each member's planned cards and open or done counts.
3. With editing access, use the add control on a member's section to plan work for them. Remove a card from their week when the plan changes.

![Team weekly plan showing project members and planned cards](https://sprintree.com/docs-media/commitments-week-light-8d453021.webp)

## Tips and common mistakes

- Epics cannot be committed to a week. Commit to stories or tasks you can work on.
- A commitment is a plan, not a new copy of the card.
- Removing a card from a week does not delete it or mark it done.
- Select several list rows and choose **Commit to my week** to plan multiple cards together.
- A cycle is a project period. Weekly commitments are each person's plan. You can use both for the same card.

## Related pages

- [Cycles](https://sprintree.com/docs/cycles)
- [Bulk changes](https://sprintree.com/docs/bulk-changes)
- [Card details](https://sprintree.com/docs/card-details)