What is the IMPACT of changes in Jira?

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Jira doesn't tell you what happens when you make changes. There's no warnings, no heads-up for all of us.

Unless you find a documentation about the changes, you will be frustrated. Not only you, your operations team, executives, leadership. Everyone.

I've missed a part for the workflows where you get the warning of changing the workflow status name.

For every change that you make, Jira says: Successful. There are no gatekeepers.

Problems

• Space name is changed = broken filters, broken automations, broken dashboards
• Space key is changed = same IMPACT
• Custom field name is changed = same IMPACT
• Workflow name status is changed = same IMPACT

You get 50+ Slack messages from frustrated leadership and operations with broken automation rules. Everyone is now looking at you. 

There needs to be a golden rule that Atlassian needs to include: Analyze first, change later.

Solution

Do you want to go through the library of Atlassian documentation looking for the answer? What if no one is aware of the changes? No. You want a simple solution. A work around. Luckily, Stable Point IO created a solution that scans your spaces, workflows, work item types, gives you the option for the changes AND tells you what is the impact of the change you are about to make. 

Check out the demo: https://youtu.be/F0GR0YdTekU

Install it, do one analysis, be more aware: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/4251492671/impact-analysis-for-jira