New List view in Jira Software?

Question

Hi everyone,

I have just noticed that I have a new tab - 'List' on the left side.

So I used it fro like 5 minutes and now I do not quite understand what is the difference between Plans and this List tab and why I have to pay extra for Jira premium if the List view is almost the same as Plans. In the List view, I can also drill down up to sub-task level, I can edit issues(incl custom field), filter, sort, etc. So basically the List view devalues Plans.

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Walter Buggenhout · Answer

Hi @BenWade,

Adding to what @Valerie Knapp mentioned - the list view does not nearly come close to what you can do with Plans. Plans are a planning tool, designed to plan work across multiple teams and projects, do scenario planning, manage dependencies between issues and teams and so on.

The list view that was just added is indeed an addition from Jira Work Management to Jira Software, where you can edit issues in a tabular, user friendly way. It is - however - limited to just a single project and does not offer any graphical planning capability.

If just editing fields in the list view was all you were using Plans for, than you obviously have a point, but maybe you are missing out on a lot of capabilities ...

Hope this helps!

Valerie Knapp_dpp5c6 · Answer

Hi @BenWade , thanks for your question. The List is something that was originally in the Jira Work Management projects. I think they just added it to Jira Software as people find it useful. I would argue you can do more with Plans but if you want to stop using it and use the list instead, it's totally up to you.