Converting story point estimates to story points

Question

Hi there,  I'm somewhat new to Jira, so some of the terminology might be a bit off.

We're managing several projects in a single sprint. Some of the projects are classical and others are next-gen.

The classical projects have a field "story points", and the next-gen ones have a field called "story point estimates". Currently on the sprint board we can see tasks from both, but the story points only show up for classical projects (where the field is story points).

For next gen projects, the "story points estimate field" appears empty when looking at the board. When opening a task I can see that the field has a value saved in it.

Is there a way to equalize this across old and new projects? Couldn't find a way to add the "story points" field to next gen, but also couldn't find a way to add the "story points estimate" field in classical projects. I'd just like to have the same field across projects, and I am fine with manually doing that for tasks, is there a way to do it?

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Working as you note, this may be challenging.

I have seen posts of people trying to work-around this with automation rules, etc.  Yet you are trying to get Jira to have consistent behavior/reporting for different fields in different project types...and that may not work.  As others have noted, there is a suggestion under consideration to "fix" this design choice.

A better work-around for now would be to only use company-managed projects, and then merge for one sprint in a company-managed project board.

Pramodh M · Answer

Hi @niks.berzins

As I have already referenced.

Please track the Issue here

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSWCLOUD-17173

Till then it's better if you manage Story Points for the projects at the individual level. Don't burden yourself by manually doing the things

Thanks,
Pramodh

niks.berzins · Answer

Hey Bill,

I think it's scenario 2. We have several ongoing projects that need some attention every month and the same team working on them. It's one software solution, that is being adjusted for different clients. The endusers have JIRA access for their project, thus different projects for the same deveoper team.

I've attached a picture of what we got, so it's clear.

In this view the task at the bottom right has "story points" field and the number is visible in this view. The tasks above have "story points estimate", and show the grey box as "-" because it's a different field. If I open the task the "story points estimate" field does have a value saved there.

I assume it's because the board settings offer you to choose time estimation, and shows only that field. So what I want is to use the same field across old and next-gen projects. Regardless of weather it's the "story points" or "story points estimate". Is there a way to use the same field for both new and old projects so I can view them like show in the picture? Because I couldn't find a way to add "story points estimate" field to the old projects, or the "story points" field to the next-gen ones.