In plans, How to auto calculate Target End by Target Start + Estimates?

Yoav Ben Arie (Zynga)

Hello,

I am trying to move our company to use plans for execution planning. The developers set Original Estimate on all issues, aggregating nicely to the Stories and Epics.

But when planning using the timeline gannt (clicking on the gannt) or setting the start date the end date isn't calculated from the estimation. It sets a timeframe of 30 days without reason.

Without using estimates, I don't find a reason for that field, and it is very hard to plan using the plan feature.

Is there a way to use the estimates to calculate end dates? 

 

 

Sahir Maharaj_28wu8p

Hello @Yoav Ben Arie (Zynga)

Based on my understanding, Jira Plans should ideally calculate target end dates using original estimates and start dates.

If the system defaults to arbitrary durations like 30 days, it might indicate a misconfiguration in the timeline settings.

Check if the estimation field is correctly mapped and that dependencies are set up for accurate calculations.