How Can I Effectively Track Menu Pricing Updates for a Restaurant Website in Jira?

[Umer Malikg]

I’m managing a project that involves maintaining accurate and updated menu prices for a restaurant website, specifically for the Olive Garden Phoenix Menu Prices. I want to use Jira to streamline the process and ensure that all updates are tracked efficiently.

Here’s what I’m looking to achieve:

1. Create tasks for team members to verify and update prices regularly.
2. Set deadlines for when menu price updates need to be completed.
3. Track changes in a way that maintains a clear record of historical updates.
4. Use automation or integrations to send reminders or escalate overdue tasks.

Does Jira offer templates or plugins specifically suited for such workflows? If not, how can I set up custom workflows or dashboards to manage this effectively?

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @Umer Malikg 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

Jira can meet your 4 requirements.

1. Create Tasks

Since Jira is a work tracking tool it can definitely be used to track your work tasks.

2. Set deadlines

Jira has a native "Due date" field that you can set to specify when the task needs to be completed.

3. Track changes

Jira will track the changes to the Task, but it does not necessarily track the changes you make to other entities (i.e. the menu). Which changes are you trying to track?

Depending on how you set up your Jira Tasks, you could potentially flag them in a manner to identify the specific menu item to which each one relates. You could then potentially develop some reporting that pulls all the Tasks related to a specific menu item to get the history, according to Jira, for how that menu item price changed over time.

4. Use automations to remind/escalate

Jira includes an Automation feature that you could use to find the tasks that are incomplete and near due or past due and send emails about those tasks.

You can create Filters to select those issues, and set up subscriptions to execute those filters periodically and send the results to specified recipients.

With regard to "escalation" you would need to define what the escalation actions are, but it is probable that the escalation process could be set up within Jira.

Each of these requirement would benefit from more detailed examination and definition to determine the best solution.

While you can continue to ask questions here in the community and get advice piece-meal, you might want to consider if it would be more effective and efficient to engage an Atlassian partner to help you examine the process holistically and recommend solutions. You can find partners in Atlassian's Partner Directory.

Disclosure: I work for Praecipio, an Atlassian Platinum Solution Partner. We would be happy to help you. Please feel free to contact us 

[Angelina]

If you're using Jira for restaurant pricing updates, consider setting up a recurring task with subtasks by category—entrees, sides, drinks, etc.—and make sure to document any new iteams added in each sprint. Helps keep everything visible and up to date!