How Linear designs for Planners
summary
Linear turns an issue tracker into a project manager by adding a collapsible project summary, custom issue views (tabs for filtered issue lists), and a reporting sidebar that lives alongside issues; design iterations use real data and Figma/GitHub prototypes and user feedback via Slack. The product serves teams up to ~1,000 people, runs internally for a year, and ships a higher-level feature called initiatives grouping projects that reuses the same project layout — users adopt it and the changes reduce friction between planners (docs, spreadsheets) and builders.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction to Linear
- 3:30Understanding planner needs
- 7:06Project page evolution
- 11:18Design iterations for projects
- 14:53Final project page design
- 17:22Initiatives and scaling
- 18:25Packaging and website design
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