Issue type hierarchy Epic -> Feature -> Story -> Task

[Sayi Kiran]

Team,

We have a requirement in such a way to built  a new hierarchy. The business process has been defined  like below. Same dishpan should be follow in the system and track the issues.

plan 1

Epic -> Feature -> Story -> Task

plan 2

Initiative -> Epic -> Feature -> Story -> Task

Please advise.

Thanks

[Sachin Dhamale]

'Hi @Sayi Kiran ,

In jira default hierarchy is  Epic > Story/Feature/Task/Bug > Subtask

In your case you want to have Epic >  Feature  > Story > task which is not possible in jira

As a workaround :

You use the issue linking facility  to create this kind of hierarchy

Create new Issue type ( Feature)  ----- Using Linking ---> Epic --->Story ------> Task ( use as subtask)

Initiative (New Issue type) -------Link issue ----- -> Epic ( use as new issue type) ------link----> Feature  ( use as Epic)-> Story -> Task ( use as subtask)

Accept the answer if it helps

[Dmitry Astapkovich _Colined_]

Double down for that solution. The last issue in the tree (leaf) should be of a sub-task issue type. Though "sub-task" as a "task" may be a bit confusing, that approach won't mess up default Jira issue structure. Otherwise, you'll have to use Issue Links and some 3rd party app to see the hierarchy. 

We are developers of Pivot Report that can do the trick for you, but in this specific case it feels like you need to start with something out-of-box first and then switch to more advanced once the process is in place. 

[Rahul_RVS_Support]

Hi @Sayi Kiran  

You can use issue links to create your own hierarchy at any level.

If you would be interested in a paid app, to visualize the hierarchy based on the issue links, we have created an add-on to track the progress at each level,

Agile Tools - Epic Tree, Links Tree and Time in Status 

Key features of Links Hierarchy:

• Hierarchy upto 10 levels deep
• Progress % on "remaining estimate" or "original estimates"
• Edit Issue summary, time estimates, story points and assignee on the tree with real time updates in the progress
• Rolled up percentage completion at all levels
• Ability to add/remove the columns on the report

Disclaimer: I work for RVS, the vendor for this app, and I am one of the developers in the team

[Trudy Claspill]

Are you using a Standard subscription for Jira Cloud, or a Premium subscription?

If you are using Standard, then the native Jira functionality does not support extending the issue hierarchy as you desire. You are limited to the native hierarchy of

Epic > general issues (story, bug, task, etc) > sub-tasks

In order to extend the hierarchy you will need to either upgrade to the Premium subscription to gain access to the Advanced Roadmaps functionality, or investigate adding a third party app to your existing subscription. There are several third party apps in the Atlassian Marketplace that support extending the issue hierarchy. If you do a search there for "roadmap" or "hierarchy" you will find some of them.

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/