Scheduling using duration and dependencies without start/due dates

Question

I'm trying to set up a tentative project management plan that flows from a milestone date early in the project.  For example, a date where funding is achieved.  There are tasks that occur before and after this milestone.

I don't have dedicated start/end dates for tasks, but would like to put in an estimate/duration for tasks and see what the roadmap/timeline/plan looks like.  Is there a recommendation for visualizing something like this?

Jeff Hughes_sg4x5a · Answer

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Dave Rosenlund (Trundl) · Answer

Thanks for the additional info., @Chris Williams. I think what all of us (above) are trying to say is, "yes - there is a way."  We are also saying you might be better off using a 3rd-party app to do what you describe ( cuz we've seen this sort of thing before and think it might be easier that way ;)  ).

However, if you want to try to do this with Jira alone you can try a few things:

* Atlassian recently released Jira Work Management (JWM) and it is specifically designed for business teams (vs. technical teams). You may want to have a look. You can use JWM and Jira Software together.
* If you want to stick with Jira Software, "Jira admins can create projects from any template, including both company-managed or team-managed projects. Any user can create their own team-managed project." In other words, you can create your own templates. Read more here.
* And Jira Automation can edit a field based on a condition. You'll have to somehow make your milestones a condition.

Meanwhile, the addons listed above and Advanced Roadmaps can help you visualize these things on a Gantt chart of milestones, tasks/issues, and dependencies.

Hope this helps.

-dave

Chris Williams_vfogjv · Answer

Thank you for the suggestions thus far.  However, I'm looking at inherit solutions within the Jira environment that would allow me to structure planning this way.  I've realized that advanced roadmaps are only available in a software project (not business project), and am experimenting with this.  Are there any suggestions within the Jira Cloud Premium solution that would provide this type of functionality?  I am deciding on adopting Jira or Basecamp for my project management organization and am trialing both to determine which better suits my organization's needs.

Is there a way in Advanced Roadmaps or Jira (natively) to set the tasks to schedule based on Estimates (d) or duration?  As of right now I'm only seeing the capabilities to schedule based on Start Date and Due Date.