In the Next-gen projects in the Jira cloud, we have sub-tasks and Child issues. Does anyone have any preference for using those?
I see that we cannot have child issues blocking tasks, unlike subtasks. Both subtasks and child issues are not shown on board.
Any insights are appreciated!
Sub-tasks and child tasks are the same thing. You can view the sub-tasks on the board using the group by drop down:
Not sure what you mean by "we cannot have child issues blocking tasks" - you would normally link tasks with a blocks / is blocked by link, and you can do this with sub-tasks:
Note also that next gen is now called team managed, so use the latter to search the documentation.
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