FEATURE TO SET AND TRACK DUE DATE BY WORKFLOW STATE

[Fred Bosman]

Is there a feature in Jira, or a Jira plugin, that will allow the creation of due dates for each step (status) in the workflow of a Jira task? I realise this is achievable by adding multiple sub-tasks, each with its due date, however I want to minimise the number of sub-tasks so an example of what I need would be as follows:

Jira Parent Task (e.g. Story)

       - Jira sub-task with the following workflow:

              1. Start Design (Due date 1 March)

              2. Internal approval (Due date 15 March)

              3. Client approval (Due date 20 March)

              4. Estimates approved (Due date 22 March)

etc.

I would also then want the ability to set alerts against all of these due dates via email to specific roles on the sub-task.

I'll appreciate if someone can help.

Thanks
Fred

[Josh Carolan · Accepted solution]

Hi @Fred Bosman 

You can simply add 4 custom date fields to your issues and name them as you have in the question to get the due dates into your issues.

As far as setting alerts against these due date fields you create, I found this from another community question and I think it is a good solution:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Email-Notification-for-Custom-Date-Field/qaq-p/200389

Hope this helps :)

You can create a filter which filters on your date field ("Follow-up Date" >= startOfDay() and "Follow-up Date" <= endOfDay()) and create a subscription for it which runs once a day (see https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Receiving+Search+Results+via+Email).

[Fred Bosman]

Thanks Joshua, that is very helpful.

[Emma Sweet]

Hey, If we don't  have ability to create custom fields due to company limiting number of custom fields used, Is there another way to plan due dates in for each step in the workflow that can be visualized in the Advanced roadmap?