Issue hierarchy - epics, features, stories, tasks, sub-tasks - how to?

Question

Trying to figure how to configure Jira so that my hierarchy is Epics, Features, Stories, Tasks, Sub-Tasks.  Just joined a new organization and it's currently set to Epics, Stories, Sub-Tasks.

Looking into Jira it looks like I can add a feature issue type, but I don't know that I can configure it to have the child relationships story, task, sub-task.

Does Jira allow for this level of flexibility and configuration?

I understand there might be some debate that epic=feature.  Just wanting to know if I can actually configure in this manner.

Saralie S. · Answer

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Rahul_RVS · Answer

Hi @Dennis Berkemeier

You can use issue links to create your own hierarchy above and below Epics or in fact at any level.

To visualize the hierarchy based on the issue links, we have created an app to track the progress at each level,

Issue Hierarchy Reports

Key features of Links Hierarchy:

* Hierarchy upto 10 levels deep
* Progress % on "remaining estimate" or "original estimates"
* Edit Issue summary, time estimates, story points and assignee on the tree with real time updates in the progress
* Rolled up percentage completion at all levels
* Ability to add/remove the columns on the report
* Group By Ability to get more out of the data

Hannes Obweger - JXL for Jira · Answer

Hi @Dennis Berkemeier

if you're open to solutions from the Atlassian Marketplace, here's another app that you might like: JXL for Jira.

JXL is a full-fledged spreadsheet/table view for your issues that allows you viewing, inline-editing, sorting and filtering by all your issue fields. It also comes with advanced features such as support for issue hierarchies, issue grouping, sum-ups, and conditional formatting.

For issue hierarchies, JXL allows you to use any combination of built-in parent child relationships and "custom" parent-child relationships, based on issue links.

This is how JXL looks in action for a 5-level hierarchy:

You probably know that you can trial any app for free for 1 month, so if an app is an option for you, I recommend trying out a few and choosing the one that works best for you.

Disclaimer: I work on JXL.

Hope this helps,

Best,

Hannes