Sprint Planning Query

[Tapobrata Guha]

Is there anyway to include some sub-tasks, configuration, integration tasks which are child of a story in Sprint 1 and some other sub-tasks of the same story in Sprint 2, without breaking their parent child relationship?

Please tell me with the solution steps.

[Jack Brickey · Accepted solution]

Hi @Tapobrata Guha , in a word, no. By intent stories should not be split across sprints. If some children are not completed in a sprint then the story is not complete. Simply break the story into multiple stories and link them if desired.

[Christos Markoulatos -Relational- · Accepted solution]

Hi @Tapobrata Guha 

No you can’t put some sub‑tasks of a story in Sprint 1 and other sub‑tasks of the same story in Sprint 2; sub‑tasks inherit their parent’s Sprint and can’t be sprinted independently.

[Prasanna Ravichandran · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Yes — you can split sub-tasks of the same story across different sprints without breaking the parent-child relationship. Jira allows sub-tasks to be scheduled independently.

# Simple steps

1. Go to **Backlog** on your Scrum board

2. Make sure both Sprint 1 and Sprint 2 exist on the same board

3. Expand the parent story to show its sub-tasks

4. Drag the required sub-tasks into **Sprint 1**

5. Drag the remaining sub-tasks into **Sprint 2**

**Alternative way:**

* Open a sub-task → Edit → Change the **Sprint** field → Select the target sprint → Save

# Important notes

* The parent story can be in only one sprint at a time

* The story–sub-task relationship stays intact

* Reports are calculated at story level, so plan tracking accordingly.

This is a common approach when parts of the work need to be delivered across multiple sprints.

Hope this helps 👍

[Tapobrata Guha]

Hi @Prasanna Ravichandran 

This is not working. After expanding the parent story to show its sub-tasks, when I tried dragging the required sub-tasks into Sprint 1 and the remaining sub-tasks into Sprint 2. It gives me following error - "Subtasks can't be moved from their parent on the backlog. Select a subtask to view and edit its details"

It seems only the parent story can be dragged to a sprint along with all of it's child items.

[Prasanna Ravichandran]

Hi @Tapobrata Guha

Sub-task must be mapped with parent story and sub task alone cannot be moved without parent story. Hence, you must have story to move the sub task from one sprint to another in both the ends.