Can i define the hierarchy under epic

[sudheer]

Can i define the hierarchy under epic?

Currently i can manage Business Requirement->Epic->Feature/Story->Sub-task  But i need the hierarchy like Business Requirement->Epic->Feature->Story->Task/Sub-Task

[Tarun Sapra · Accepted solution]

Hello @sudheer

You can have the hierarchy you want, using the "Issue linking" feature. From your hierarchy it seems that you are trying to implement the "SAFe" framework in JIRA which is fine as well but I personally recommend to stick to "Epic<->Story" hierarchy in JIRA because it's so tightly coupled in JIRA.

So when you move the Epic an level up and have the hierarchy Epic -> Feature -> Story then you loose the Epic<->Story coupling which will lead to confusion once you start using the system at a larger scale. Because you have fields like Epic Name, Epic Link and on boards it's Epic Panel and in plugins like SR there are JQL functions like "issuesInEpic" etc

So there is a tradeoff when going forward with this approach. My preferred hierarchy is

"Initiative -> Epic -> Story -> Sub-Task" , it works well with JIRA and with plugins.

[sudheer]

@Tarun Sapra Thanks for the information but my client requesting the above flow.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

No, Jira does not have sub-tasks of sub-tasks.

[sudheer]

My qsn is under Epic i want to create Feature and under Feature i want to create Story and for that story i want to create Task. Is it possible?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Yes. 

Assuming you have a default Jira, you already have an issue type called task, and it's a parent level one.  You will need to rename that to something else, then you will be able to create "task" as a sub-task type and use it beneath Stories.

[sudheer]

@Nic Brough -Adaptavist- But how can i remove the Task from parent group, Could you please help me on this.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

You rename it to something else.  Or delete it (and tell Jira what other types to swap the existing tasks to)

[Suhas P]

You can have a look at Structure for JIRA

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.almworks.jira.structure/server/overview

Also Portfolio for Jira can also help

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.radiantminds.roadmaps-jira/cloud/overview

[sudheer]

Hi @Suhas P

I can't define the hierarchy under Epic using Portfolio for JIRA, We can define the hierarchy above Epic.

[drB]

I wonder why Atlassian is sticking to a fixed hierarchy epic-user story -task? It's not agile at all to do so but more just annoying. With other issue management systems, you set up in seconds any hierarchy you want....