Is there a dashboard gadget to show number of features/epics worked on each sprint?

Question

I have just started using Dashboards and would love a view that shows me how many Features/Epics we're working on each Sprint. Is there a way for a gadget to show this? I know it's in Team Health, but I'd like to expand this and have some historical tracking. We are sometimes spread too thin because we're working on too many Features/Epics at once instead of just focusing on a few. It's a love/hate relationship with context switching.

Danut M _StonikByte_ · Answer

Hi @Heidi Vanderholm,

I assume that you don't drag in sprints the epics themselves; you just put the stories and tasks belonging to those epics.

In this case, you could use the solution offered by @Bill Sheboy, which is based on the Two Dimensional Filter Statistics gadget of Jira. It will not display the number of epics, but  will help you visualize the epics worked in each sprint and will show  the number of issues under those epics worked in each sprint, which might be enough for you.

Another option would be to search on Atlassian Marketplace for a plugin able to do this. In case you want to try plugin, you could eventually try the Pivot Table & Pivot Chart gadget offered by our Great Gadgets plugin. This can display the data in a more readable way comparing with the mentioned Jira's gadget. But Totals will represent the number of issues under each epic.

Also, what do you mean by "feature"? Is it the same as epic, or is an item in your issue hierarchy on top of the Epic level,  added via Advanced Roadmaps feature of Jira premium?

If it is a level above the epic, you can also display this one by using our Pivot Table & Pivot Chart gadget:

All you have to do is to configure the gadget with a filter as the one mentioned in @Bill Sheboy answer and make use of the fields Sprint, Parent Epic and eventually Parent of Epic.

Danut.

Alexey Pavlenko _App Developer_ · Answer

Hi @Heidi Vanderholm ,

I feel that you are on the right track, it's always a pleasure to see a few people sharing the same concerns as I do.

Regarding your question - you can view it on the Pie Chart - just construct your JQL, specify it in the gadget and choose Statistic Type = Sprint.

If you need something more sophisticated with different capabilities (% change in comparison to the previous sprint, retrospections, drill-downs, several boards/teams in a single view, rendering statistics not only for sprints but also for months, quarters, half-years and years) you can try the app I developed - Multi-team Scrum Metrics & Retrospective.

The issues presented below are just examples; in your case, they would be features/epics with different contexts.

Period = Sprints:

Period = Years (wth the drill-down to Half-years period feature):

Best regards,
Alexey

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @Heidi Vanderholm

With the built-in dashboard gadgets, you could use the Two Dimensional Filter Statistics to display the specific Epics, and visually observe / count them.

For example, create a saved filter using your board filter as a starting point, adding some additional criteria:

yourBoardFilter AND issueType IN (Story, Task, Bug) AND parent IS NOT EMPTY

Adjusting that for the issues in your Sprint which have Feature / Epic parents.

Then add the gadget, selecting these options:

* select your saved filter
* XAxis: parent
* YAxis: Sprint
* Sort by: Natural
* Sort direction: Ascending
* Number of results: enter the number of sprints needed

If you need a different view (which does not required scrolling to count the epics), please check the Atlassian Marketplace for other reporting options.

Kind regards,
Bill