Commit 10bae3d0 authored by Marcin Sedlak-Jakubowski's avatar Marcin Sedlak-Jakubowski Committed by Fiona Neill

Fix and clarify tasks doc

parent f9f80ec6
......@@ -15,15 +15,18 @@ For the latest updates, check the [Tasks Roadmap](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitl
FLAG:
On self-managed GitLab, by default this feature is not available. To make it available,
ask an administrator to [enable the feature flag](../administration/feature_flags.md) named `work_items`.
On GitLab.com, this feature is not available.
The feature is not ready for production use.
Use tasks to track steps needed for the [issue](project/issues/index.md) to be closed.
When planning an issue, you need a way to capture and break down technical
requirements or steps necessary to complete it. An issue with tasks is better defined,
requirements or steps necessary to complete it. An issue with related tasks is better defined,
and so you can provide a more accurate issue weight and completion criteria.
To see the roadmap for migrating issues and [epics](group/epics/index.md)
Tasks are a type of work item, a step towards [default issue types](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/323404)
in GitLab.
For the roadmap of migrating issues and [epics](group/epics/index.md)
to work items and adding custom work item types, visit
[epic 6033](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/6033) or
[Plan direction page](https://about.gitlab.com/direction/plan/).
......@@ -31,4 +34,4 @@ to work items and adding custom work item types, visit
## View a task
The only way to view a task is to open it with a deep link,
for example: `/<group_name>/<project_name>/-/work_item/1`
for example: `/<group_name>/<project_name>/-/work_item/1`.
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