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Coordinating work

Use projects, initiatives, and documents to plan work, keep people aligned, and track progress.

A project brings related issues together around a clear outcome, such as a feature launch or product improvement.

Projects can include a lead, members, a target date, milestones, and supporting documents. They can also span multiple teams when the work requires it.

Linear UI of a project.

An initiative groups projects around a broader company goal.

Use initiatives to see how several projects contribute to the same objective and to review progress across a larger area of work.

Linear UI showing Initiatives

Documents keep plans, decisions, meeting notes, and other context connected to the work. They’re stored on projects or on a team’s home.

UI showing documents in Linear.

Plan visually

Timeline views lay your projects and initiatives out over time, so you can plan across quarters, see what’s in progress at a glance, and catch the dependencies that might affect how everything should be sequenced.

Linear UI showing timeline views.

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  • Projects. Creating projects, milestones, and tracking progress
  • Initiatives. Grouping projects around broader goals
  • Timeline views. Planning and reviewing projects over time
  • Documents. Keeping plans and decisions connected to work