Can I add the portfolio add on so I can structure the jira initiative at the top of the hierarchy

Question

Hello Support team,

I am use to working with Jira initiatives at previous companies.  However, I noticed there was not a Jira issue type for an initiative so I added it.  However, I would like to add it to the top of the hierarchy with the other issue types.  It appears I can only do this with the Jira portfolio enabled.

How can I add that to this cloud installation of Jira?

Thank you,

Leif

Mateusz Sołowianiuk_f8cfkk · Answer

@Becky just a word of clarification here - currently, BigPicture is able to connect with Jira and Trello at the same time. Additionally, we are putting great effort into integrating it with Microsoft Azure in near future.

I invite you to see our blog post shedding more light on this.

@Leif Fortson - if, by any chance, you still have not chosen your go-to solution for structuring your projects by initiatives, please let me know. I will be happy to demonstrate BigPicture's possibilities in this aspect.

Best regards,

Mateusz Sołowianiuk

SoftwarePlant Support

Becky · Answer

In standard Jira there is no additional hierarchy beyond Epic >> task/story >> sub-tasks

So if you want to have more hierarchy, you'd have to upgrade to premium Jira. Or you may use plug-ins.

There are Jira native plug-ins like big picture and structure which works with only data in Jira

There are external integrations / plug-ins that have data both in Jira and other data sources. Our product, dragonboat is in this category.

Dave Rosenlund (Trundl) · Answer

You might also consider one of the Atlassian Marketplace apps that offer this capability (on Standard cloud) -- most commonly:

* Structure for Jira

and

* BigPicture

There may be others, but these are the ones most often mentioned.

Full disclosure, I work for the company that makes Structure.

-dave [ALM Works]