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I want to be able to add sections or 'groupings' of tasks in Jira using 'Plan'.

Jamie Edmondson
Contributor
October 28, 2025

I should be able to create groupings of tasks in Plan without the need to create a separate task or even another level within the Jira Hierarchy. Is there as way to do this natively, and if not, has anyone come across this before? 

For example, I PM want to view our tasks in a WBS-style layout rather than looking at the board or the backlog. If I can group "Design", or "Dev" or "Discovery" rather than creating hierarchy levels above Epic, that would be perfect. 

Again, I am only looking to have this in 'Plan'.

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Trudy Claspill
Community Champion
October 28, 2025

Hello @Jamie Edmondson 

Just for clarity, when you say WBS-style do you mean something like what is presented in this website?

https://www.workbreakdownstructure.com/work-breakdown-structure-examples

If not, can you provide a mock-up of what you seek?

I don't think that the Plan feature includes WBS as shown in the website above, but I found a couple of apps in the Marketplace that list WBS in their names. I've never used them before so I don't know if they would match your needs or what set up they would require.

WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira (Enterprise Project Management) 

WBS - Work Breakdown Structure story board 

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