Advanced Roadmap Plan Risk Display

[Sruthi Vijayakumar]

Hi all,

I’m building a plan for a cross-dependent initiative in Jira and wanted to check the best way to visualize timeline risks. Here’s my setup and goal:

1. The Initiative has a defined planned start and end date.

2. All child issues (Epics/Stories) under it roll up their dates automatically from their sprints.

3. Now, let’s say an issue in Sprint A (Project B) gets moved to Sprint B, which is dependent on another issue in a different project — the dependency line turns red (as expected).

What I’m trying to achieve is:
 If any of these child issues move beyond the Initiative’s planned end date, the Initiative timeline bar itself should turn RED (indicating overall plan risk).

Has anyone implemented something like this visually?
Also, is there a way to automate a notification when this happens — like when a sprint shift causes the overall Initiative to exceed its planned end date?

Would love to hear how others are handling this scenario!

Thanks!