Create an assignment group in Agile Development 2.0

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title: Create an assignment group in Agile Development 2.0
description: Create an assignment group of the type Agile Team so that you can assign these groups to a product or a release.
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product: Agile Development
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last_updated: "2026-11-06"
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breadcrumb: [Assignment groups in Agile Development 2.0, Managing your product development using Agile Development 2.0, Agile Development 2.0, Agile Development, Strategic Portfolio Management]
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# Create an assignment group in Agile Development 2.0

Create an assignment group of the type Agile Team so that you can assign these groups to a product or a release.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

\[Omitted video\] Description: Creating assignment groups in Agile Development 2.0

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Agile Development** > **Create Agile Group**.

2.  On the form, fill in the fields.

    |Field|Description|
    |-----|-----------|
    |Name|Name of your assignment group.|
    |Description|Brief description of the assignment group. You can indicate the products or the releases that this groups works on.|

3.  Select **Submit**.

    Assignment group is created and the form reopens with additional fields, related links, and related lists.

4.  Fill in additional fields.

    |Field|Description|
    |-----|-----------|
    |Manager|Manager of the group|
    |Group capacity \(points\)|Number of points a group can accommodate in each sprint.|
    |Group email|Email address of the group.|


## Result

The Agile assignment groups are created and stored in the Groups \[sys\_user\_group\] table and the **Type** of these groups is set to **Agile Team**.

## What to do next

-   [Add members to an assignment group in Agile Development 2.0](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/agile-development/add-group-members-to-group.md).
-   Use the related links and lists to create sprints and plan the sprint activities for your group. For more information, see [Related links and lists of assignment group in Agile Development 2.0](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/agile-development/related-links-lists-of-assignment-group-in-agile-dev-2.md).

**Parent Topic:**[Assignment groups in Agile Development 2.0](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/agile-development/manage-groups-agile-dev.md)