What's the best way to link a Design Task to a Discovery ticket?

Question

I’m looking for best practices or suggestions on how to link a Design ticket (e.g., in Jira) to something that’s still in the Discovery stage.

The challenge: the item hasn’t moved into Delivery yet, as we still need to validate the idea. However, the design work is already in progress, and it’s important for the team to track and understand its progress — even if it's not officially committed to delivery.

Has anyone found a good way to reflect this in Jira or similar workflows? Should it be linked to an Epic, Initiative, or is there a better approach for visibility during this early phase?

Thanks in advance!

Tanguy Crusson · Accepted Answer

Hi! we now have a new answer for this if you're using the Premium plan of Jira Product Discovery - you can use it to manage discovery tasks:

https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-Product-Discovery-articles/New-manage-discovery-tasks-in-JPD-needs-the-Premium-plan/ba-p/3044161#M3421