---
title: Create a Board in CWM
description: Manage work assigned to your team as tasks and track them to completion using customizable Boards for your shared Spaces in Collaborative Work Management.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/collaborative-work-management/create-boards-in-cwm.html
release: australia
product: Collaborative Work Management
classification: collaborative-work-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Manage work using Boards, Use, Collaborative Work Management, Strategic Portfolio Management]
---

# Create a Board in CWM

Manage work assigned to your team as tasks and track them to completion using customizable Boards for your shared Spaces in Collaborative Work Management.

## Before you begin

[Create a Space in CWM](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/collaborative-work-management/create-spaces-in-cwm.md).

Role required: sn\_cwm.cwm\_user

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Collaborative Work Management**.

2.  From the Spaces menu, open a Space that you want to add a Board to.

    \[Omitted image "cwm-spaces-navigation.png"\] Alt text: Spaces menu in CWM.

3.  From the More options menu of the Space \(\[Omitted image "cwm-icon-column-actions.png"\] Alt text: More options icon.\), select **New Board**

    s\[Omitted image "cwm-spaces-menu.png"\] Alt text: Spaces more options menu.

4.  In the **Board name** field, enter a name for the Board.

5.  Select **Create**.


## Result

A Board is created within the Space that you selected and an empty Board is shown in the workspace. You can add unlimited Boards to a Space, based on how you choose to manage your workflows.

## What to do next

-   Add tasks to the Board. See [Add tasks to a CWM Board](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/collaborative-work-management/add-tasks-to-board-in-cwm.md).
-   Rename or edit other details of the Board using the Edit icon \(\[Omitted image "cwm-icon-edit-pencil.png"\] Alt text: Edit icon.\) on the Board header.

**Parent Topic:**[Managing work using Boards in CWM](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/collaborative-work-management/cwm-boards.md)