Exceeded original estimate indication?

Question

We are using the Kanban board of Jira Cloud for our project. We don't log the Time Spent. But we estimate issues (tasks, stories) before starting to work on them.

For every issue on the Kanban board I'd like to have an indication (of any kind) whether the time this issue has been in development exceeds the original estimate.

Is it possible in Jira?

Joshua Indech · Answer

The way our org integrated is the following:

we have a field called original estimate in our JIRA cloud. It is an on-premise cloud. Additionally, we developed a secure API for individuals that want to build a report against the data.

Then we can use a JSON request and response or a shell scripting tool to retrieve the data and export it. That is what I mean by code. Id on't prefer that way, but some did.

If we are trying to avoid developing anything, then we should be able to develop a report via dash board or via the issue search tool in the native application.

Hope that is clear ^^;

aleksey.shishkin · Answer

Thank you, but what code do you mean?

Joshua Indech · Answer

you have two options:

manually track the original estimate field against an estimate feild with points.

OR write a code that reads the integrated timer in JIRA (if able) to trigger the impediment when the estimate is less than the "Timer time" example:

If your 1 point is equivalent to 8 hours

when the timer reaches 9 hours, trigger the impediment flag as on.