Jira Time in status report dashboard gadget

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What is Time in Status

This is the most widely used feature by Jira users. "Time in Status" indicates how long a project task has been in a particular state/status, such "In Progress", "In Development" or "In Review". Getting a detailed report about this, it can help the PMs make informed decisions about team workflow, like where to cut some steps, how to decrease the maximum time spent, and giving personal attention to the assignee who is taking a long time to finish tasks.

How to get time in status data out of the box in Jira

• You can create your own custom fields and apply Jira automation to populate those.
• Use Jira Control Chart : It can help visualize the average data for one issue or a cluster of issues via dots on the chart. You can choose a timeframe and analyze it for a specific project.
• Jira also provides "Average Time in Status" and "Average Age Charts' gadgets

Now Time in Status Reports gadget

If you need detailed Time in Status reporting, a marketplace add on can help immensely. Our "Time in Status Reports" app can be easily added as dashboard gadget and can provide Jira Time in Status values on Jira dashboards. To add this report as a gadget, simply install the app from the Atlassian Marketplace and search for "Time in Status" by RVS while editing the dashboard to add a new gadget.

The gadget configuration shows all the required filters to search for your issues and their respective Time in Status.

Some of the popular and much needed reports which the app provides are as below.

Time in Status report

This report shows how long each issue has spent in your workflow statuses. It helps to make urgent decisions regarding team workflow steps. You can filter data by Project, Fix Version, Sprint, Issue created date, Issue Types, Status, Assignee,  Jira Filter, JQL. It will help to generate an accurate, detailed report based on the chosen criteria. 

You can further filter your data for status within specific date ranges.

 

Status Count report

The Status Count report shows how often an issue has moved to each workflow status. So you can monitor how many times an issue moves to the "On Hold" or "Under Review" statuses and identify whether some delays occur.

Time with Assignee report

The Assignee time report shows the total time a particular assignee has been working on the issue. That’s why it’s especially useful for identifying who is responsible for the workflow delays.  It shows which assignee has been solving the task longer than it might be necessary. 

Status Transition Dates report 

The Status Entrance Date report shows the date an issue has moved to a particular status.

Get dates when the issue has entered each of the statuses.

Time between Status Transitions

This report helps in calculating the time between 2 specific statuses in the issue workflow.

Time with Assignee per Status

This report is very handy when you want to track the details of in which all statuses the issue was with each assignee.

 

Median & Percentile Reports

The term Median refers to a metric used in metrics. It is the middle number in a sorted ascending or descending list of numbers and can be more descriptive of that data set than the average.

Similarly a percentile is used to express how a score compares to other scores in the same set. It is typically communicated as the percentage of values that follow a particular values in a set of data scores.

Below are the steps to easily extract this report.

 

Time in Field Report

This report helps to track time issues have spent in a particular Jira field. For eg "Team", wherein you need to track the time spent with a particular xyz team.

How to calculate Cycle Time 

You can group your Statuses to define your own Cycle time, Lead time or any other grouping.

The app will sum up the time in each of the statuses which are grouped together.

 

You can use this grouped status on the Time in Status Report screen as below.

View Cycle Time Trends for further analysis on the project / team performance

CSV Export

Data from the main grid can be exported to CSV files, which you can then examine with programs like Excel or Google Spreadsheets.

 Dark Theme Support

The app works seamlessly with Jira's dark theme. Just click on the your profile icon on the top right of your Jira screen. And select Theme -> Dark. The app colors will adjust according to the theme as shown below

The above reports provided by App, Time in Status Reports, provides more details and can be more customized according to your needs. These reports generate a great amount of data and help teams deliver high-quality products quickly and efficiently, making them more competitive.

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