(Out of curiosity) When & Why default priority options names were changed?

[Sandeep Undale]

I see that in the online training (Go Agile with JIRA Cloud) and some blogs (e.g. https://www.atlassian.com/blog/jira-software/organizing-issues-priority-optimize-delivery) five default priorities are specified as: blocker, critical, major, minor & trivial. However, now (in June 2018) JIRA shows the five default priorities as: Highest, High, Medium, Low & Lowest. When did this change happen & why?

[Deleted user]

Hi @Sandeep Undale,

A similar question was posted relating to JIRA  version 6.3. The best thing to do would be contact Atlassian for the reason.

Hope this helps

[Sandeep Undale]

Thanks @[deleted]. In the same blog article that I mentioned in my questions, the blogger mentions:

"ProTip: Some teams prefer to change the default priorities to a numeric scheme: P0, P1… P4. This removes the emotional attachment to words like blocker, critical, and trivial. Just be clear about what each of the numeric states mean so the team prioritizes consistently."

So, my guess is that Atlassian would've done the change to "remove the emotional attachment" with the priority names "blocker, critical, and trivial. ". It's still worth to check with atlassian the exact reason. But, like I mentioned, the question is more from a point of curiosity, as is certainly not a "blocker" for JIRA usage. ;-)