Design & Engineering Demo: Roadmap Timeline

[JanacMeena]

- The Linear team introduced a new feature called "Timeline" for visualizing project roadmaps, enhancing project planning and management.
- Timeline allows users to view project status, milestones, and list of projects, with the added functionality of drag-and-drop bars representing project timelines, offering a dynamic view of project schedules.
- The feature incorporates visual markers for quick insights, like red dots and bars to indicate potential delay, as well as distinct appearances for paused projects.
- Designing the Timeline involved challenges of visualization and interactivity, ensuring the system was neither slow nor too strict. The team worked to optimize loading times for the large amounts of data involved.
- The team utilized techniques like virtualized list for vertical scrolling and a custom horizontal scrollbar to overcome browser limitations for large datasets, ensuring smooth user experience.

[thomasshakelton]

We switched from Trello to Linear 6 months ago and I literally just searched "Linear" on YT just to tell you how much I love your tool. It's so savvy that it pleases our Tech Co-Founder but so simple that even our non-technical Co-Founder can’t stop talking about how nice this is. We literally had tracking and performance issues before and now it gets better and better with each sprint. We are still on the free plan with our team of 3 but we going to update soon.

[vineetboyle]

Please start off with a blank canvas when showing a Demo. It is super confusing!

[JanacMeena]

The Linear team introduced a new feature called "Timeline" for visualizing project roadmaps, enhancing project planning and management. - [Starts around 01:00]
Timeline allows users to view project status, milestones, and list of projects, with the added functionality of drag-and-drop bars representing project timelines, offering a dynamic view of project schedules. - [Starts around 03:00]
The feature incorporates visual markers for quick insights, like red dots and bars to indicate potential delay, as well as distinct appearances for paused projects. - [Starts around 05:00]
Designing the Timeline involved challenges of visualization and interactivity, ensuring the system was neither slow nor too strict. The team worked to optimize loading times for the large amounts of data involved. - [Starts around 15:00]
The team utilized techniques like virtualized list for vertical scrolling and a custom horizontal scrollbar to overcome browser limitations for large datasets, ensuring smooth user experience. - [Starts around 20:00]

[erindelacroix]

The volume could be louder and highly recommend having the main person who is demoing the app to either speak way more clearly or enlist someone who doesn't have such a thick accent. Had to search for another video for insight.

[americasoto]

Is there a place in your documentation where you can show us how to configure the roadmap as you show in the video, but from the beginning? I am having trouble configuring it based in each Q. What are the steps to follow if I want my roadmap to show "Q1 2024 +"? Are those below the name of the Q1 2021 Projects?

[hsdgtgf]

hey guys, how do you create the Q1 / Q2 etc groupings in the Roadmap timeline view?

[allinjuan_]

Where can I find how to configure the roadmap as you show in the video? I am having trouble configuring it on the current product to show grouping by Quarter and beyond

[burcuylmaz]

It is not good for us to use projects as epic or theme. Some teams, like us, use project names as names. For this reason, I can't see my tasks on the roadmap, and this video does not elaborate on whether there is a solution to see standard tasks on the roadmap.

[busimo]

Don't care if the team is all white, all black, all brown, all male or all female team as long as the product is great and it is great.