Can I use Story Point Estimates for User Stories and Hours Estimates for Sub-Tasks?

Question

I have teams who estimate User Stories with Story Points during Grooming to assist with Product Owner Velocity based forecasting but when Sprint planning we use time based estimates for Sub-Tasks for Capacity based planning.

Does JIRA support the ability to Estimate in Story Points for User Stories and Estimate in Time for Sub-Tasks?

Seth Silvernail · Answer

@Jack Brickey My apologies for not being clear on my question, on his original post Jobin mentioned that I can capture a time estimate against a sub-task even if using Story Points for estimation but I wasn't sure how/where in the sub-task I can capture that estimate and was looking for assistance with that.

I understand that only one method can be displayed, but he mentioned both estimates could still be captured.

Thank you!

Jack Brickey · Answer

@Seth Silvernail, as @Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist] indicated you cannot have both methods appear on a board.

Seth Silvernail · Answer

Thanks Jobin and Justin for your answers.

Jobin - One other question, you mentioned that I can both "capture story points against stories and time estimates against sub-tasks", how do I configure my board for that?

I set the board up for using Story Points for the estimate and when I add sub-tasks there is no field for me to enter time estimates against.

Thank you!