Viewing dependencies at a programme level

Adam Taylor_xih0w1

Hello everybody!

We have three Scrum teams in our programme, each of which has its own 'team' using a custom field in Jira. 

Teams are linking dependent Issues using the 'has to be done before' and 'has to be done after' relationships.

I'm not worried about about dependent issues where both giving and receiving issues are in the same team (e.g. Issue '2' is dependent on Issue '1' but both Issues belong to Team 'A') - those relationships are dealt with at the team level.

I'd specifically like to be able to see a report that returns only instances of cross-team dependencies - i.e. where one team has a dependency on an issue in another team (e.g. Team 'A' needs complete Issue 1 before Team 'B' can complete Issue '2').

Any way to do this natively in Jira and / or with some sort of plug in?

Bryce Lord

Hi @Adam Taylor !

Since it looks like you're currently using Jira Premium, I'd recommend leveraging Advanced Roadmaps to track cross-team dependencies.

You'll need to set up the plan properly with the appropriate issues at the team and program levels (using the team's boards as their issue source), create the teams and then use issue linking (like you're currently doing) to show dependencies.

Here's a great resource to get you started: Get started with advanced roadmaps 

Advanced Roadmaps provides a dependencies report that allows grouping of dependencies by team (or project or epic) to clearly show which teams are dependent on which work.

Here's another resource for how that looks: What is the dependencies report in Advanced Roadmaps?