Is there a way to add start/end sprint dates with out the sprint being active?

[MattCipollone]

This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: Building a backlog

Is there a way to add start/end dates to sprints without the sprint being active?  I have a hack workaround where I put the date in the sprint name for now.  I would find it useful to be able to create a rolling sprint plan including sprint start/end dates, with not making future sprints active, well because they are not.

Our sprint dates are consistently 2 weeks and are not likely to change.  We are running JIRA v7.0.0 with JIRA Agile v7.0.4-D20150923T101309

[scherbank]

In my teams we also use dates in name in planning mode and remove them once sprint starts.

You can try to use Versions and assign all planned issues to this version (whole sprint scope).

[Jared Dohrman [Design Industries]]

Hi @MattCipollone,

You can create multiple sprints and move them up and down so that they are in the correct order (e.g. Sprint 1, Sprint 2, Sprint 3).

You can also look at making a change to Agile to allow multiple sprints to be running by going to Admin > Applications > JIRA Software labs > and enable Parallel Sprints.

NOTE: I have not tested this, it is just a suggestion as you could potentially run more than one sprint with a future sprint date... 

Let me know how you go.

Thanks,

Jared - Design Industries

[David Hergert _PAYX_]

I know we (I work with Matt) have Parallel Sprints enabled. I think we're trying to avoid having several parallel sprints going in simultaneously because by adding/removing stories to those sprints affects their scope change and other reports.

[Jared Dohrman [Design Industries]]

Alternatively you could always use FixVersion/s? They allow you to put start / end dates on, and you can view the health of your "version" via the Release hub.

[David Hergert _PAYX_]

Related: https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/238143/could-i-set-start-date-and-end-date-before-sprint-started-by-developing-plugin Also, this plugin seems neat for planning but doesn't necessarily answer the question: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.moresimp.plangle