Automatic management of start/end dates for Jira Work Items?

Question

I've been trying out plugins to manage start/end dates of Jira Work Item tasks, in order to track timely delivery of releases as well as manage dependencies.  I guess what I'm looking for is something that works on similar lines to 'leveling' in Microsoft Project.  I have tried several 'Gantt' plugins, and plugins for import/export between Jira and MS Project, to no avail.  Ultimately it appears I need to manually change start/end dates individually across thousands of tasks per release.

I am interested in the plugin 'Structure' and will review that next.  However it doesn't appear to actually manage issues, merely display a heirarchy.  I am interested if anyone can offer other solutions to this.

Sergey Gussak · Answer

Have you tried Ceptah Bridge? It is a stable product that integrates JIRA with MS Project. These systems are quite different, so it requires careful configuration to achieve the desired results, but it works as expected and has proper support.

Egor Tasa [ALM Works] · Answer

Hi Phil,

I've noted your interest in Structure. Would you like a demo of Structure and Structure.Gantt? If so, please, contact us at support@almworks.com to arrange a screen-sharing session.

Regards,
Egor Tasa

ALM Works

Morne Husselman · Answer

I agree. My organisation has tried for more than a year to solve this problem. All I want to see is a Gantt chart in Jira.

Big Picture - Buggy

Connector - Buggy

I also don't understand why this is such an issue;

We currently plan in MS Project, then create our deliverables in Jira. When anything changes in our project plan, such as a delay of a deliverable, which then updates ALL the dates in the timing plan, we have to adjust them all manually in Jira. That is just completely senseless.

Any other suggestions on managing projects in Jira?!?!?!