[Boards](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issue_board.html) in GitLab make it possible to visualize and manage lists of issues which can be defined by one of three ways: **Labels**, **Team members**, and **Milestones**.
[Epics](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/group/epics/) provide a way to organize and manage a set of issues and sub-epics that share a strategic theme. In addition to logical grouping, epics enable project managers to perform higher level planning and build a roadmap with visual status tracking.