Sprint Automated Approvals Recommendations

Jessica Ivancso

Our marketing firm is seeking recommendations for automated workflow approvals for defined Sprints in Jira. We are looking for a function that would send notifications to multiple "approvers" at the beginning of our sprints to review and approve multiple work items assigned to a specific sprint. A plug-in would be great since our knowledge of programming in Jira is limited. Once approved, our sprint can be activated manually. Suggestions and/or recommendations are welcome! Thanks in advance.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

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The most simple options is probably to put "approval" in as part of the workflow.  Change the standard process from "To do -> in progress -> done" to "To do -> approved -> in progress -> done", and put conditions on the "to do -> approved" to prevent the wrong people approving the work.

Also, have another look at your process - you probably should not be putting things into a sprint until they are approved, as putting something into a sprint means you are going to work on it, and you probably don't want to work on something that has not been approved.