Focus Board — Ascend by OptivationAI
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Focus Board

Sprint planning with effort tracking built into your workspace. No separate tool. No context switching. Just ship.

Plan sprints without leaving your work.

Most sprint tools live in a silo. Focus Board is a view inside your existing databases — so your tasks, estimates, and cycles are always in sync with your actual work.

  • Drag-and-drop sprint planning across status columns.
  • Fibonacci effort estimation on every task.
  • Focus cycles for time-boxing work into named sprints.
  • Built into your existing databases — no import, no duplicate.

How it works.

Three steps from backlog to shipped.

01

Set a Focus Cycle

Name your sprint and set dates — e.g. "Sprint 12 — Apr 7–18". Every cycle gets its own progress bar and countdown.

02

Drag tasks in and estimate

Pull tasks from your backlog into the cycle. Assign Fibonacci points to each one so you know how much you're taking on.

03

Track progress and velocity

Watch your progress bar fill as tasks complete. Review velocity each cycle to plan the next one with real data.

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

Purpose-built properties that make sprint planning practical for solo operators and small teams.

Effort property (Fibonacci)

Estimate task complexity with 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 — no inflated estimates, no guesswork.

Focus Cycle property

Group tasks into named time-boxes. Set dates, track what shipped, and plan the next cycle.

Velocity tracking

See how many points you completed each cycle. Calibrate your estimates over time.

Integrates with time tracking

Log actual time against estimated effort to see where plans and reality diverge.

Focus Timer

Deep work, built in.

Planning is only half the job. When it's time to execute, use the built-in Pomodoro-style Focus Timer to lock in on a task. Sessions log automatically against the task so your time data lives right next to your effort estimates — no separate app needed.

Start shipping with Focus Board today.

Free plan includes the Focus Board, effort tracking, and focus cycles.