# Core ideas

A **project** groups work for a product, team, or client. Each piece of work inside it is a **card**, called an **issue** in the app.

## Make a large goal manageable

For a website launch, you might have an epic called “Launch the website”, a story called “Visitors can contact us”, and a task called “Write the contact form confirmation”. This keeps the reason for a small task close to the task itself.

## Organize your cards

1. Create an **Epic** for a large body of work.
2. Create a **Story** and choose its epic as the parent. A story describes a useful result for a user.
3. Create a **Task** under the story for a concrete piece of work. You can also leave stories or tasks without a parent.
4. Open **Hierarchy** from the project view menu to see the parent and child cards together.

![Project hierarchy showing epics, stories, and their tasks](https://sprintree.com/docs-media/core-ideas-tree-light-99bf4433.webp)

## Describe where work stands

1. Open a card and choose its **Status**. Status describes progress, such as **To do**, **In progress**, **In review**, or **Done**. Projects can have custom statuses.
2. Set **Priority** to **Urgent**, **High**, **Medium**, **Low**, or **No priority**. Priority describes importance, not progress.
3. Choose an **Assignee**, the person responsible for the card, and add **Labels** for subjects such as bugs or design.

![Card properties with status, priority, and labels highlighted](https://sprintree.com/docs-media/core-ideas-properties-light-34b2c40d.webp)

## Tips and common mistakes

- You do not need all three card types. A small project can start with tasks alone.
- Labels belong to a project. Use consistent names so filters remain useful.
- Moving a card to a status does not change its priority. Decide those separately.
- A cycle groups project work for a period. A weekly commitment records what a person plans to work on. Neither replaces the card hierarchy.

## Related pages

- [Quick start](https://sprintree.com/docs/quick-start)
- [Card details](https://sprintree.com/docs/card-details)
- [Cycles](https://sprintree.com/docs/cycles)
- [Weekly commitments](https://sprintree.com/docs/commitments)