Using a Contextual Time Budget (Project/Sprint Level) ?

John Remillard

I am looking to implement what I would imagine would be a default behavior in the project management realm; I would like to be able to define a Time Budget for a Project, as well as a unique Time Budget for each Sprint.

My original thought is that I would implement this using two custom fields; one for Time Budget and the other for Remaining Time Budget, then restrict the fields to be part of what would be the create/edit views for the project and the sprint. 

The way these would be updated is via automation rules; when a task is updated, if it is associated with an open sprint (or active project), it would update the Remaining Time Budget and send out a notification when the value exceeds a given threshold.

The problem here is that I am not seeing any way to scope the fields in this manner.  Is this a solved problem? how should I approach this for JIRA? It is sort of restricting in the sense we can't readily track and see hours in this scale

Abdallah Khaled_1hio43

Hello @John Remillard In Jira, custom fields are typically associated with issues rather than projects or sprints, making it challenging to directly associate them with these entities. Using automation to update fields based on issue changes is a workaround. Then, you can create dashboards to display the total and remaining time budgets, and you can use gadgets like "Two-Dimensional Filter Statistics" or "Issue Statistics" to summarize the time budgets.

Alternatively, consider using Marketplace apps for more advanced time tracking and budgeting functionalities. Apps like Tempo Timesheets, BigPicture, and Advanced Roadmaps offer such functionalities.