Story - Task - Sub-tasks

Question

Hi,

is it possible to create tree like this

Story -> Task 1, Task 2

Task1 -> Subtask 1.1, Subtask 1.2, Subtask 1.3

Task2 -> Subtask 2.1, Subtask 2.2, Subtask 2.3

I want to create story with task and in the tasks should contain subtasks

Maybe some edit in hierarchy, but our organization has basic plan, without issue hierarchy edit

Hannes Obweger - JXL for Jira · Answer

Hi @bartlomiej.jochym

just to expand on Walter's point on hierarchy-focused Marketplace apps, this is how this could look like in the app that my team and I are working on, JXL for Jira:

JXL is a full-fledged spreadsheet/table view for your issues that allows viewing, inline-editing, sorting, and filtering by all your issue fields, much like you’d do in e.g. Excel or Google Sheets. It also comes with a range of advanced features, including support for (configurable) issue hierarchies. These issue hierarchies can be based on Jira's built-in parent/child relationships (like task/sub-task), and/or based on issue links of configurable issue link types.

In the example above, stories and task are connected via issue links of type is parent of / is child of.

Any questions just let me know,

Best,

Hannes

Amay Purohit_RVS · Answer

Hi @bartlomiej.jochym

You can use Issue links to create your own custom hierarchy. However you will need an app to view the same in a tree structure. If you would like to try out a mktplace app, please take a look at an add-one have developed for the same use case.

Issue Hierarchy

In the example below we have created a task below a subtask using an issue link. The app shows percentage complete at each parent level for both time estimates and story points. You can add it as a gadget too to your dashboards.

Disclaimer : I am part of the team which developed this app

John Funk · Answer

Hi @bartlomiej.jochym

No, you cannot have Tasks as a child under Stories. Nor should you - that is not standard Agile practice. Tasks and Stories serve different purposes and exist as siblings.