Dashboard Overview

The Unpack dashboard is your home base. It surfaces the information you need at a glance — upcoming ceremonies, action item progress, team health trends, and quick access to start or join retrospectives. This guide walks through each section of the dashboard and how to get the most out of it.

Dashboard layout

The dashboard is organized into a responsive grid of widgets. The exact layout depends on your role preference (set during onboarding or in Settings → Preferences), but every user sees the same core widgets arranged by relevance.

• The left sidebar provides navigation between organizations, teams, and settings.
• The main area displays the widget grid for the currently selected team.
• The header bar shows your current team, a search bar, notifications, and your avatar menu.

Dashboard widgets

Standup status

The standup status widget gives you a quick view of your team's daily standup activity. It shows who has posted their update today and who has not checked in yet.

• Submitted — team members who have posted their standup update, with a preview of their status.
• Pending — team members who have not yet submitted. A gentle nudge can be sent from here if standup reminders are enabled.
• Blockers — any standup updates flagged as blocked are highlighted in red so they can be addressed quickly.

Sprint progress

The sprint progress widget tracks where you are in the current sprint cycle.

• Progress bar — a visual indicator showing how far through the sprint you are, based on the team's configured sprint cadence and start date.
• Days remaining — the number of working days until the sprint ends.
• Retro status — whether a retrospective has been created for the current sprint, and its current phase if one is in progress.
• Quick action — a button to create a new retrospective for the sprint if one does not exist yet, or to open the active retro.

Health trends

The health trends widget visualizes your team's sentiment and engagement over time. It draws data from check-in responses, participation rates, and retrospective activity across past sprints.

• Mood trend — a line chart showing average check-in sentiment across the last 8 to 12 sprints. Look for sustained dips that might indicate burnout or recurring frustrations.
• Participation rate — the percentage of team members who actively contributed cards in each retrospective. Declining participation may signal retro fatigue.
• Card volume — the total number of cards submitted per retro. A sudden spike could mean the team has a lot on their mind; a drop might mean the format needs refreshing.

Action items

The action items widget shows outstanding commitments from past retrospectives. It is designed to keep action items visible so they do not get forgotten between sprints.

• My action items — items assigned to you, sorted by due date. Overdue items are highlighted.
• Team action items — all open items for the team, grouped by the retrospective they came from.
• Completion rate — a summary showing what percentage of action items from recent retros have been completed, giving the team a sense of follow-through.

You can mark action items as complete directly from the dashboard by clicking the checkbox next to each item. Completed items move to a "Done" section and are reflected in the completion rate metric.

Recent retrospectives

A compact list of the team's most recent retrospectives, showing:

• The retro title and date.
• Current status (draft, in progress, or closed).
• Number of cards, participants, and action items generated.
• A direct link to open the retro.

Navigating between teams

If you belong to multiple teams, switching between them is straightforward.

1. Look at the Teams section in the left sidebar. All your teams are listed here, grouped by organization.
2. Click a team name to switch the dashboard to that team's context. All widgets update to reflect the selected team's data.
3. The currently active team is highlighted in the sidebar with a subtle accent indicator.

Organization-level view

Organization admins and owners can also view a cross-team dashboard by clicking the organization name at the top of the sidebar. This view aggregates health trends, action item completion rates, and participation metrics across all teams, which is useful for engineering managers overseeing multiple squads.

Quick actions from the dashboard

The dashboard is designed to minimize clicks for common tasks. Here are the quick actions available without leaving the dashboard.

• New retrospective — click the + New retro button in the header or use the sprint progress widget's quick action to create a retrospective for the current sprint.
• Post standup — click Post update in the standup widget to submit your daily status without navigating away.
• Complete action item — check off action items directly from the action items widget.
• Join active retro — if a retrospective is currently in progress, a banner appears at the top of the dashboard with a one-click Join now button.
• Invite teammates — the sidebar footer includes a persistent Invite people link that opens the invitation flow.

Keyboard shortcuts

Unpack supports keyboard shortcuts throughout the application to help you work faster. Here are the shortcuts available from the dashboard and globally.

Global shortcuts

• Cmd+K / Ctrl+K — open the quick switcher to search teams, retros, and settings.
• Cmd+/ / Ctrl+/ — open the keyboard shortcuts reference panel.
• G then D — go to dashboard.
• G then T — go to the current team's retrospective list.
• G then S — go to settings.
• G then A — go to action items.

Dashboard shortcuts

• N — create a new retrospective for the current team.
• U — open the standup update form.
• J / K — navigate up and down through action items in the action items widget.
• X — toggle the currently focused action item as complete or incomplete.
• 1 through 9 — switch to the corresponding team in the sidebar (by position).

Retrospective shortcuts

• C — create a new card in the first column (during reflect phase).
• Tab — move focus to the next column.
• Enter — submit the current card.
• Escape — discard the current draft card.
• V — cast a vote on the focused card (during vote phase).
• Space — start or pause the discussion timer (facilitator only).
• Shift+N — advance to the next discussion item (facilitator only).

Customizing your dashboard

While the dashboard layout adjusts based on your role preference, you can further customize it to match your workflow.

• Widget visibility — toggle individual widgets on or off from Settings → Preferences → Dashboard. If you do not use standups, for example, you can hide that widget to free up space.
• Default team — set which team loads when you first open Unpack. This saves a click if you primarily work with one team.
• Compact mode — toggle compact mode to show more widgets on screen with smaller cards. Useful if you are on a smaller display or prefer information density.