How to add time estimates to Issues/Epics/Stories, etc

Question

Greetings Folks,

I am evaluating JIRA and JIRA Agile for our team so therefore these questions may be obvious to seasoned pros using these products.  Please bear with me as I learn these products!

First, Do I need the Agile component if I want to manage projects and track issues?

I think I am missing something but I can not find where to add time estimates to any of the items in JIRA.  I have looked in the KanBan boards, the Scrum boards, under Epics, Issues, Stories,etc and I do not see any fields that lets me assign a time estimate to any of these items.  Do I need to enable something?  Or perhaps open some popup or add a field somewhere?

Please advise and any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Ed

Steffen Stamprath · Answer

With the plugin "Epic Sum Up" you have some nice time features:
https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/aptis.plugins.epicSumUp
Hope it helps you!

Ed Skinner · Answer

Hi Guys,

I figured it out.  Of course it was easy.  I clicked on the backlog and then clicked the link next to the key and a screen I haven't seen yet popped up and viola there it was.  Thanks for the assistance!

Take Care,

Ed

Ed Skinner · Answer

Hi Guys,

I still can not find where to put estimates in issues.  I have added the following screenshots to let you know what I am seeing.  Please let me know what I am missing.

I did add the estimations in Board,Estimation, I added Original Time Estimate and Remaining Estimate and Time Spent.

Thanks,

Ed

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