A Smarter Way to Visualize Linked Work Items in Jira

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If you’re working with multiple projects in Jira, tracking dependencies can quickly become overwhelming.

Links are everywhere between Epics, Tasks, Bugs but there’s no simple way to understand the overall picture. You end up checking work items one by one, trying to figure out progress, relationships, and potential blockers.

          The real challenge isn’t creating links it’s understanding them at scale.

Jira’s native features don’t provide a global view of linked work items. You can’t easily measure progress across dependencies or assess their health without manual effort.

That’s exactly where Advanced Link Manager for Jira comes in.

The Global Matrix Summary gives you a structured, high-level view of all your linked work items across one or multiple projects all in a single matrix.

Instead of digging through issues, you instantly see:

   - Relationship types (blocks, relates to ... )

   - Total linked work items

   - Completion status

   - Progress percentage

   - Health indicators

You can also apply filters (project, status,link type, type, priority) to focus on what matters and quickly identify problematic or inconsistent links.

With this kind of visibility, teams can move faster, make better decisions, and stay aligned across projects.

Advanced Link Manager is available on the Atlassian Marketplace.

How does your team understand dependencies in Jira today? Drop a comment below 👇