Time remaining not correctly calculating

[Gary Lazaro]

Hi there,

I've read a lot of posts but cannot see a clearly defined solution for this issue where the time remaining on a Jira project isn't calculating correctly.

Example shown below.

The order of the columns are: Time Spent, Original Estimate, Remaining Estimate.

The graph on the right hand side represents the overall time tracking.

The amounts shown as logged, is correct.  However, the time remaining is not correct because you can see in the second row 23.75h have been spent of the original 10h.  The delta of 13.75h is represented correctly in the graph.

So, if you do the math the total Original Estimate = 123h minus Time spent 85.83h should equal 37.17h.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Gary

[Wojciech Miecznikowski]

Hello Gary,

The original estimate is not represented in this graph. The simplest explanation is:

• At the beginning, when you enter a value in Original Estimate, it is copied to Time Remaining — and that's correct.
• From that moment on, these two fields become separate. This means you can adjust Time Remaining at any time (for example, during time logging).
• The only place where you can see you're off track with time is the orange field. It shows the difference when Time Logged + Time Remaining is greater than the Original Estimate. I assume that this orange field is exactly 13,75 (50,92-37,17)

I hope this helps! It’s not really intuitive, I agree.
Cheers!

[Gary Lazaro]

Hi Wojciech,

Thanks for that.

Yes, you're right the orange represents 13.75h over original estimate.  However, what I was hoping for was the Remaining Estimate column to go into negative by 13.75h.  

Which would then mean that the graph should display 37.17h, which takes into account the total time spent across all tasks, including those that have gone into the negative to give the overall time remaining for the project.

Thanks,

Gary