How to set the WIP Limit?

[Andy - PTC Redundant]

I must be a complete moron.... how do I set WIP limit?

I cannot find the setting ANYWHERE. :o(

[I am on the cloud version, using a Kanban Board]

[Bastian Stehmann · Accepted solution]

Hi Andy,

go to board settings -> Columns and there is a min and max box in every column where you can set the WIP limits.

[Andy - PTC Redundant]

Thanks @Bastian Stehmann

[Lara Cozzo]

Hi all, quite new to Jira, also have the cloud version and I'm afraid I cannot find the path board settings -> Columns you suggest to set WIP limits. 

Can I ask you how to get there please? 

Thank you!

[Andy - PTC Redundant]

@Lara Cozzo : sure thing !

Go to the Board Settings

Then Choose Columns

Switch on the desired Column Constraint

Enter the Min and Max for each column as per your need !

Hope this helps 😎🤘

 

[Anna Slavin]

How to set WIP limit per person?  Thanks!

[carlos_marin]

Hi @Anna Slavin

it's not possible to set WIP limits per person.

[Jo Kamcy]

You can't see it per person because the idea is for the WIP to be per team, not per individual person.

[Jasdev Singh]

For some reason, entering MIN and MAX doesn`t seem to be working. Am I missing something?

[Alexey Matveev · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Go to the board settings of your kanban board. Choose the Columns tab and you will see max and min under each column. That is how you set WIP limit.

[Radhika.Paw]

Is there any way to do min-max per assignee?

Thanks!

[Alexey Matveev]

No, it is not possible out of the box.

[Beatrice Blom Lindvall]

Hello, 

Maybe you already found the workaround, but though I will share what I found. The workaround is to setup swimlanes as the WIP applies to the swimlanes. The lanes should be setup using Assignee. I have not yet tested this myself, as i just found the solution but hope it helps you. 

//Beatrice

[Jacob Hodge]

Hello!

I have a related but slightly different question. I have successfully adjusted my wip limits on our board but when I try to leverage the Actionable Analytics - Aging work in progress graph view, the WIP limits are completely different.

e.g On my actual jira board my WIP limits are Column A (min 1, max 2), Column B (min 0, max 4), Column C (min 0, max 1) Column D (min 0, max 1). 

But on the Actionable analytics view my column wips are "Column A (max 1), Column B (max 1), Column C (max 2) Column D (max 0). 

Any suggestions? Thanks!

[Beatrice Blom Lindvall]

Hi again,

I just tested this myself. The workaround i suggested myself doesn't seem to work unfortunately. I set the limit to 1 for a column, move one issue assigned to me and then one issues assigned to someone else and that still gives a red frame, which I hope it wouldn't. 

The workaround i picked upp from here: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-36973

Anyone who has any other idea how to solve this?

//Beatrice

[Andy - PTC Redundant]

Thanks @Alexey Matveev