Custom field - Story points remaining summary

[Rebecca Heyliger]

I am using both the default story points field, and a custom field that I have created called story points remaining. When a sprint is completed only story points that are assigned to tasks in the "done" lane are attributed to the Sprint.

Eg. 3 tasks in a Sprint
- Task A, original estimate 5 story points, 5 story points remaining, in "To Do" lane
- Task B, original estimate 5 story points, 3 story points remaining, in "In Progress" lane
- Task C, original estimate 5 story points, 0 story points remaining, in "Done" lane.

I complete the Sprint, only 5 points are marked as achieved, the incomplete tasks are transferred to the next sprint as 5 points in To Do and 5 points in In Progress.

I would like to include the 2 story points achieved in the count for points completed in the Sprint, and only the 3 remaining to carry over. I am also happy to create a 3rd customer field for achieved, so there are 3 fields, original estimate, achieved and remaining and maintain these manually.

It is really the final count of each field that I would like automatically done, so I can see each field similar to the view below that currently only counts the default Story point estimate field:

[Bill Sheboy]

HI @Rebecca Heyliger -- Welcome to the Atlassian community!

You could use custom fields and automation rules to do this; however, I wonder if you are solving the source problem or just a symptom of a different problem.

The team is planning work which they thought could be completed to satisfy the sprint goal.  Then they finish some items completely and not finish others.  Coarsely estimating the remaining work for incomplete items seems valuable as input for the next sprint planning. 

Estimating and tracking in JIRA remaining work as story points instead may incentivize "earning points" rather than finishing valuable requests.  Instead, the team could pause to consider what they have learned from the incomplete work items, and how they could plan or deliver differently in the future.  Adding remaining points as a JIRA field may make it seem normal practice to start work that cannot be finished in a sprint.

Best regards,

Bill