How to add a sub-task in the next-gen project type (Agility)

[Sorin Bica]

I'm trying the new project type, Agility, and having a few issues, but most important one is that I'm not able to add sub-tasks to a story.

[Eoin · Accepted solution]

Subtasks are available :)

Introducing subtasks for breaking down work in next-gen projects

[Matt Penner]

This helps, but it would be great if we could create our own sub-task issue types so that one could create a bug sub-task.

We have a decent task that is broken down in sub-tasks, but there are also some bugs we are identifying.  While we can lists these as sub-tasks it muddies the idea of which are sub-tasks to be done and which are bugs.  

Creating a top-level bug issue for a task is possible too and adding it as a dependency is probably the way to go about it, but again it would make much more intuitive sense to have a bug as a 1st class child issue.

[john gurman]

I agree with Matt.  We distinguish between sprint bugs (sub to the story) and bugs (top level task) found in production.  Not sure where this is on the priority list, but I would like to add my vote to it.

[Danny Huisman]

Please Jira, tell us when we can expect this core feature. Without it, this new way of working isn't feasible..

[Alexey Matveev]

Hello,

You can not add a sub-task to an Agility project yet.

[Romer Ventura]

So the Demo video shows sub-tasks in agility / next-gen projects.. Is this not in GA just yet?

[Sorin Bica]

@JIRA should've never released this next-gen stuff if it's clearly not ready. Can't even customize Statuses. I'm all for dummying down the platform, but c'mon, you went to far. This product is garbage until further notice. 

[Tapan Shah]

Looks like it is the top of their agenda: https://www.atlassian.com/roadmap/jira-software.

Funny that they bought Trello, which already had sub-tasks for ages, but they thought it would be okay to bring Trello like boards in JIRA without all the essential features

[aparajita]

I have to agree that next-gen is basically unusable without subtasks. At least if there were checklists in the description of an issue (which Trello has!) we could fake it. But we don't even have that.

I hope subtasks are truly at the top of the list. An estimate of availability from Jira would be greatly appreciated.

[Mark Vorpagel]

Yeah, i disagree with both @Sorin Bica and @Aparajita Fishman. It may be unusable for them... but just go back to the other project types if that's the case. 

I actually really like the next gen simplicity.

[JH]

Agree with @Sorin Bica ... it is really impossible to manage projects on Next Gen. So many essential features are no longer available. How can you not allow Users to create sub-tasks?

In Next Gen, you can't even view Priorities in the Backlog or Sprint Board. Imagine having 50+ tasks in a sprint. How are we suppose keep track of all the priorities, especially now that we cannot create Sub-Tasks? (Okay besides arranging the tasks in order of important but that's really not enough).

[Richard van Putten]

+8 for subtask

[Tapan Shah]

Can someone from JIRA tell us when this will be possible

[helder.marques]

+100 for sub-tasks on "next-gen projects"

[Nataliia Melnykova]

It's really so inconvenient:

• there's no subtask for a task
• there's no an ability to bind stack of tasks with a story
• I can't add a rule between the tasks to make one of them a subtask
• I can't add some nesting for some types of the tasks

So the one solution in new Jira view is to use what you have and accept the mess.

[jo]

+1 for sub-tasks

[Andrew Thompson]

+1 for pls hurry with this feature (and following for when announced) - thx!

[shondra.mccray]

🗣add sub-tasks please!! 

[Jiri Solek]

Really Critical Issue. As an workaround we are using linked issues, but its has and backlog Board has no use :-( 

I am going to migrate project in to the old template

[Pete Rodgers]

any news on when? whats the hold up?

[Julia]

Ditto on subtasks availability being critical to next gen template.

[Christopher Kampmeier]

Switched back to classic Scrum project template in order to get sub-task support, but then found out that the roadmap feature is available only via next-gen projects. Sigh.

[wmontoya]

+1 Please HURRY UP!

[Jan Reinberg]

Gimme Sub-Tasks as a christmas present please...we are start a new project at the beginning of next year and i desperately need sub-tasks for it

[Vinícius Cassol]

Same for me! Dear Santa, please help us!!!

[Brad Homer]

Ditto!  Santa!  Please!!!

[John Curtis]

Does anyone have a workaround from a process perspective without a subtask?

[Romer Ventura]

I think the only posible work around, would be to make that task/story an epic. Or linking the issues, but i feel like linking the issues is soooooo waterfall...

[shondra.mccray]

ugh I was hoping this wasn't the case but that's how I'm working around not having sub-tasks 

[Josh Roberts]

Not sure if any one is still watching, but it seems as though the road map still says Subtasks are coming. However, I found that if you go to the next gen project settings and add an issue type, Subtask is listed there. Add it, then when you go to your User Stories you can now add a child issue which will default to subtask type. Probably not what everybody is looking for, but a step in the right direction.

[Marek Bugiel]

Great news!

Thanks Josh!

[Jan Reinberg]

Unfortunatels i can´t confirm that. When i go to project settings the only available options are "Epic", "Bug", "story", "task". Adding doesn´t show any other option. do i miss something?

[Anthony Powell]

I'm using both next gen and old. I must admit the sub-task option is required for managing the project. The next-gen projects just look an absolute mess after a couple of months.

Reminds me of trello boards. In Trello, the boards really only have a life time of 12 months before they become an unusable mess. At that point, a (new) board would be created and the old board would be ignored.. With the next-gen projects I can see the same attitude coming out from the team. 

Sub-tasks are a must for bug tracking of new features. Yes you can "Link" them, but in practice the testers do not do that. Thinking about this... maybe a hybrid option could be made available. eg

• from the parent card you can "create linked bug" or "create linked task". This button would create a task/bug and link it automatically to the parent card.
• Then have a check box on the board view to toggle the visibility of the linked bugs/task etc. Or have a collapsed view... 

I love the road map feature, but still I'm very close to shutting down my next-gen projects and moving back to the old project type.  I can't wait much longer for this feature. 

[Daniel Schwörer]

+1 linked issues can't be the permanent workaround

[Manoj Bandara]

Sub task is a MUST. I ma really disappointed about lack of certain features when started using next-gen project.

[Cyril Bouthors]

Why is this question marked as answered?

[Deleted user]

Because the first person answered it (read: you can't). That's the answer as things stand currently.

[Dave Yost]

Next Gen needs to get its act together.  Sub Tasks is such a critical part of planning.  This is awful.  Atlassian needs to get their act together.  This is an MVP feature.  

[Abhinav Gujjar]

Yo! Just does not work without sub tasks. Deleting the "Next-gen" project and going back to classic.

[Douglas Cavalheiro]

+1 for sub-tasks on "next-gen projects"

[Pete Rodgers]

+ 1 Sub tasks. 

When are they expected?