At Atono, we believe in bringing together different talents to achieve common goals. We favor cross-functional teams where product owners, designers, developers, and QA work side by side to make great things happen.

With Atono, you can structure teams to match your workflow. Each team has its own members and one or more admins. Admins can manage teams without being members themselves. Every team has a backlog for prioritizing stories and bugs, along with tools for tracking progress.

Your teams

You may belong to one or more teams. These teams appear on and are accessible from your Home page. If you're a team admin, you'll also find them in the sidebar, along with their backlogs.

Team overview

The Team overview page provides essential information about your team.

Key features include:

Team details: View your team's name, description, and the number of members and team admins. Hover over the admin or member count to see the list of people.
Members table: A detailed table showing each member's name, email address, and role. Click on a row to view that member's user profile.
Customizable layout: Sort the table by clicking on column headers. You can also drag columns to rearrange them to suit your preferences.
Quick access links: Jump directly into to the team's backlog and designated Slack channel.

Public vs. private teams

Anyone in your workspace can create a team. Based on your project, you can set the team's access type to public or private when you create it.

Public teams

Public teams are open to everyone in your workspace. Any user can join, add or remove members, and view the backlog.

Private teams

Private teams are invite-only, meaning the team admin or a member must add you. These teams are ideal for sensitive projects that need to stay confidential. Only team members, team admins, and workspace Administrators can see the backlog for private teams.

Private teams are marked with a lock icon next to their name.

Join a team

Whether you already know the team’s name or need to search for one, Atono makes joining a team straightforward.

Join your first team

If you aren't yet a member of any team, your Home page will include a shortcut to join an existing public team. If you know the team's name, this is the fastest way to join.

On your Home page, click Join a team.
In the Join a team dialog, search for the team's name.
Click Join team.

Search for a team to join

If you don't know the exact name, you can search using keywords from its description and join from the Team overview page.

In the Atono workspace header, click your workspace's name, then click Manage teams.
Use the search bar in the table header to find a team based on keywords in its description.
Click the team to open the Team overview page.
Click Add team members.
In the Add team members dialog, search for or select your name from the list of users.
Click Add to team.

Once you're added to a public or private team, it will appear on your Home page and in the sidebar.

Manage teams

The Manage teams page gives you an overview of all public and private teams in your workspace. You'll see a table showing each team's name, description, and member count. You can sort and rearrange this table or search for teams using keywords in their name or description. You can also create new teams directly from this page.

Create a team

Go to your Home page or the Manage teams page, and then click Create team.
In the Create team dialog, give the team a unique name and an optional description.
- Team names are case-insensitive, must be between 1-200 characters long, and can't include @ { } ` ~ |
- Descriptions can be up to 2000 characters long. Including keywords helps others find your team in searches.
Choose whether to make the team Public or Private (you can change this later).
If you want to add members right away, select Add members after creating this team (or click Skip to do this later).
- Atono automatically makes you the team admin when you create a team. If you also want to be a team member, you can add yourself like any other user.
Click Create team.

Add team members

You can add members to teams from either the Team overview page or while managing users across the system.

Add members from the Team overview page

On the Team overview page, click Add team members.
In the Add team members dialog, search for and select the users you want to add.
- To add more users, click Add another user.
- To remove a user from the list, click the X next to their entry.
Once you're satisfied with the list, click Add to team, or click X to cancel.

Add users to a team from the Manage users page

On the Manage users page, hover over the user you want to add.
Select the checkbox at the start of the row.
Select additional users, or select the checkbox in the table header to select all users.
Click the Add users to team icon.
In the Add members to team dialog, search for or select a team, then click Add to team.
- To create a new team and add members, select Create team, enter the new team name, and then click Create and add to team.
In the confirmation toast, click View team to go to the Team overview page.

Manage team admins

You can manage a team's admins from the Team overview page. The team admin icon next to the team's name shows how many admins there are. Hover over the icon to see their names.

When you create a team, you automatically become the team admin. Only a team's admin and workspace Administrators can add or remove team admins or control whether a team is public or private.

On the Team overview page, click the ellipses (...) icon.
From the menu, select Manage team admins.
In the Team admins dialog, click Add another user.
Click into the field to search for or select a user.
To remove a team admin, click the X next to their name and email.
Click Update team admins, or click X to cancel.

You can't remove yourself as a team admin—another admin has to do it. To ensure the team remains managed, you can't remove the last admin.

Edit a team's details

Only team members, team admins, and workspace Administrators can change a team's name and description. To switch a team's access type (public vs. private), you need to be a team admin or workspace Administrator.

On the Team overview page, click the ellipses (...) icon.
From the menu, click Edit team details.
In the Team details dialog, update the team's name, description, and access type (if you have permission).
Click Update details to save your changes, or click X to cancel.

Remove team members

Keeping your team up-to-date is simple when you need to remove members, whether they’ve left the company, moved teams, or you’re making space for new members. A team can have up to 50 members.

Anyone can remove members from a public team. For private teams, only members, admins, or workspace Administrators can do this.

You can remove one or more team members at a time.

On the Manage teams page, click the team you want to manage.
Do one of the following:
- To remove a single member, hover over the member and click the ellipses (...) icon, then click Remove member.
- To remove multiple members, hover over each member you want to remove and select the checkbox in their row. To select all members, select the checkbox in the table header. Click the remove (trash can) icon in the table header to remove the selected members.
In the Remove team members dialog, confirm by clicking Remove team member or Remove team members, or click X to cancel.

Delete a team

If a team is no longer needed, you can delete it to make room for new teams and keep your workspace focused on what’s relevant. Your workspace can have up to 50 teams.

Only a team's admins and workspace Administrators can delete teams.

On the Manage teams page, hover over the name of the team you want to delete and click the ellipses (...) icon.
From the menu, select Delete team.
In the Delete team dialog, confirm by clicking Delete team, or click X to cancel.

Deleting a team unassigns unfinished items from the team and moves them to the end of the 'To do' step in the global 'Unassigned to team' backlog.

Team Slack channels

If the Slack integration is enabled for your workspace, the Team overview page will include a Connect Slack channel option.

Linking your team to a Slack channel keeps communication within reach, ensuring discussions and updates are accessible whenever you need them. This setup allows your team to manage projects in Atono while staying connected in real-time through Slack. For more details, head over to our Slack integration guide.