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Linear • Concept 2026
Rethinking how teams plan a quarter
Role
Product Designer
Timeline
August – September 2025
Team
3 Designers
Skills
Product Design
Product Strategy
Prototyping
Placeholder overview copy. Teams using Linear told us quarterly planning felt disconnected from the day-to-day issue tracker — this explores what a native planning surface could look like.
Problem
Planning happens in a spreadsheet, execution happens in Linear.
Placeholder problem-framing copy describing the gap between planning tools and execution tools, and why that gap costs teams real time and alignment.
Early exploration of a quarter view that stays linked to live issues.
Solution
One surface for the plan and the work.
Placeholder solution copy. Describes the resulting concept, key flows, and how it was validated with internal teams.
2.4xFaster plan reviews
6Teams piloted
5Weeks in concept