A Workspace is the bounded area of work that In Parallel tracks — the team, project, program, or account that gets its own Living Execution Plan.

Every Workspace in In Parallel has one Living Execution Plan, one Execution Memory — the accumulating record of decisions, commitments, and ownership changes — and one place where your team stays aligned over time. Getting the Workspace right means the plan stays relevant and the signals In Parallel captures from meetings are meaningful. Getting it wrong means the plan feels noisy or disconnected from how the work actually runs. Most teams start with one Workspace, prove the value, then add more.

The Managing section in the left nav shows all your Workspaces and lets you switch between them or create new ones. Click Managing to expand it, then click the + icon in the Managing header.

Click the + icon to open the creation form. The name should match how people already talk about this work. The description is labeled optional, but filling it in directly improves the quality of AI-generated priorities and plan summaries — In Parallel uses it to understand what this Workspace covers.

Fill in the name, add a description of what this Workspace covers, then click Create.

In Parallel creates the Workspace and takes you straight to its dashboard — a default set of Living Execution Plan widgets is configured automatically. You don't need to set up the dashboard manually.

Note: Add at least one goal before your first meeting — even a rough milestone gives In Parallel the context it needs to surface accurate priorities from day one. The dashboard can be customised with additional widgets, but that's covered separately.

Getting the Workspace boundaries right matters more than most other setup decisions. A well-scoped area stays coherent and useful. A poorly scoped one fills with noise.

Ask yourself: "What outcomes am I accountable for executing?"

If the answer spans multiple unrelated cadences, owners, or success metrics, you're looking at multiple Workspaces — not one. A good scope has:

In Parallel can be used to manage many types of Workspaces depending on the user's need. There are no specific Workspaces that can only be used. Here are some examples of the types of Workspaces In Parallel has been used to manage:

Naming seems like a small decision but it affects adoption — people need to recognize the Workspace instantly and connect it to a real meeting or work rhythm.

Good names:

Examples: "Platform Migration", "Product Weekly", "Q2 Growth Program", "Revenue Operations", "Customer X Delivery"

Names to avoid:

If you can't explain the Workspace in one sentence, it's probably too broad.

Workspaces can be arranged as a parent program with sub-Workspaces nested underneath. A parent usually represents the program or portfolio level ("Growth Projects", "2026 Holiday Peak"), and sub-Workspaces represent the individual initiatives running inside it ("Back-to-School Campaign", "Single-page Checkout"). Each Workspace still has its own Living Execution Plan, goals, meetings, and Findings — the hierarchy links them into a structured rollup, it doesn't merge their data.

Assigning a parent and its sub-Workspaces is a one-time admin change — it isn't currently self-serve. Ask your Customer Success contact to set the relationship up; they can link existing Workspaces in either direction (promote an existing Workspace to a parent, nest an existing Workspace under a parent, or create the full structure in one pass).

Once the hierarchy is in place, it persists — you manage members, meetings, and plans inside each Workspace as normal, and the parent's roll-up widget reflects the change automatically.

Tip: Start flat. Most teams see the most value from one well-scoped Workspace with a clear owner and goal before introducing a parent/sub structure. Add the hierarchy once you have two or more Workspaces whose progress naturally needs to be read side-by-side.

How many Workspaces should I create? Start with one — whichever team or initiative you most need to keep aligned. Add more once the first one is working well. There's no hard limit, but each Workspace works best when it has a clear owner, a real meeting cadence, and at least one goal.

Can I rename or edit a Workspace after creating it?

If you want to change the name of a Workspace, please ask your Customer Success contact to help.

What's the difference between a Workspace and a project in my project management tool? A Workspace is about execution reality — the decisions made, priorities shifted, risks surfaced, and ownership established in real meetings. It's not a task list or a project tracker. Think of it as the layer that keeps a team aligned on what matters and why, updated automatically from meetings rather than by manual input.

Can one person own multiple Workspaces? Yes. A team lead might own a Team scope for their group and a Project scope for a specific initiative. The Personal Dashboard aggregates tasks and goals across all your Workspaces, so nothing falls through the gaps.

What if I set up the Workspace incorrectly? Nothing is permanent. Update the name, description, and goals at any time. The history of decisions and meeting captures stays attached to the Workspace regardless of edits.