Linking Issues in Jira of less than 1 day's duration

Question

I have a business project where a lot of the tasks are less than a day, 4 hours, 2 hours, etc.  When I linked these tasks together finish to start it will not allow me to set the same day for all of the tasks.  Instead it assigns a full day to each stretching the project timeline further than it should be.

Is it possible to change this behaviour so I can have two tasks linked that start and end on the same day?

Thanks

Alan

Alan Richard · Answer

Thanks Andy

That post describes my needs exactly.  It looks like this is an enhancement for the future and I'll need to work around it for now.  Thanks for your assistance

Andy Heinzer · Answer

Ah, thanks for letting me know. I think this is specific to that plugin for Jira, and not Jira itself.  I have added the tags for that plugin to this thread.   I also came across this other post that seems directly related to the situation you mentioned:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Marketplace-Apps-questions/How-can-one-display-and-manage-tasks-shorter-than-a-full-day-in/qaq-p/802013

I hope this helps.

Alan Richard · Answer

Hi Andrew

Thanks for your response.  To clarify.  I have two tasks which are linked with task 1 to be completed before task 2 but both tasks can be completed in a single day.  Task 1 has a start and end date of 1st June.  When I try and do the same for task two, it changes the end date to the 2nd June.  When I have a number of tasks like this in a project is stretches the total duration of the project.

If I don't link the tasks then I can assign the correct start and end dates to the tasks but obviously I lose the clarity of what should be done first.

We use Big Picture for our project management tools and I'm not sure if this is a JIra or Big Picture issue.

Thanks