Changing status will not put task on Board

Question

Greetings!

One of our projects are using Next Gen Software on JIRA - we have both Board and Backlog.

We have added additional Board columns to have multiple statuses but my problem is that when someone changes Task status in Backlog (eg. from To-Do to In Progress), Task does not automatically get moved to board.

Shouldnt Backlog be like a status before a To-Do, and moving a task to any of Board statuses should automatically move task to On Board.

Since Next Gen Software still does not have a Workflow implemented, is there any other way for Tasks to automatically move to Board on Status change as they should?

Luka_Pavlešić · Answer

Hi @Ollie Guan

Yeah, we will have to switch to different project type since next-gen projects has few features which does not make much sense to me personally.

Thank you very much for your help.

Ollie Guan · Answer

Hi @Luka_Pavlešić ,

Perhaps you can try classic project kanban, and next-gen projects don't support column and issue status mapping.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwarecloud/using-your-kanban-backlog-856846180.html

Luka_Pavlešić · Answer

Hi @Ollie Guan thank you for your answer!

I agree with you what is the point of having Backlog, which is why we use it as well. 
But as you mentioned yourself, it should be just a list of tasks you need to do, so I either do not see a point of being able to change status of Backlog task, or even more so, would like it if you change a Task status in Backlog that is moves to Board.

Eg. I have a task in Backlog. 
I start working on a Task which is in Backlog so I put task status to In Progress.

Currently Task stays in Backlog but only Task status get changed.

Expected behaviour for me would be if I change Backlog Task status from To-Do to any other that is on Board, that Task gets automatically move to Board to correct status since having Task in Backlog in "In Progress" does not make much sense.

Additionally, there is no way to filter tasks by Status in Backlog (as it shouldnt be since Backlog tasks should not be able to have any other status than "To-Do").