Tracking work on Ideas

Question

Hi everyone,

My team and I are using JPD to improve our discovery process. As we iterate and validate ideas — through tech spikes, stakeholder interviews, and other activities — we’ve struggled to find a clear way to track the status of our work or assign ownership.

Compared to a Jira Kanban board, for example, we’re missing statuses like Backlog, To Do, In Progress, etc., which help show where each task stands. Jira also allows us to assign issues to specific team members, making responsibilities clearer.

Is there a native way in JPD to track this kind of work? How do you recommend approaching this based on JPD features or other users experience?

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,

Bill Sheboy · Accepted Answer

Hi @gabriel_moraes

Within Jira Product Discovery (JPD) have you tried creating a board view with columns based on Status?

https://support.atlassian.com/jira-product-discovery/docs/create-a-board-view/

Kind regards,
Bill

Gary Spross · Accepted Answer

@gabriel_moraes, you can update your workflow to include whatever statuses you like within the project settings (assuming you are a project admin). Once you have the workflow configured as you need, you can create a Board view and set the columns to use the "Status" field.

You can even drag and drop Ideas across columns, just like within Jira boards!

Also, similar to Jira work items, JPD Ideas have an Assignee field that you can set. You can include this within your board view (similar to swim lanes) using the "Group by" configuration.