Is it possible to set up a board between backlog and sprints?

[Joao Borges]

Hi there,

Im new to Jira and would like to know if possible to add a section between our backlog issues and sprint issues

Right now we have :

• SPRINT (ISSUES
• BACKLOG

Goal :

• SPRINT
• REVIEW SECTION
• BACKLOG

Thanks

[Bill Sheboy · Accepted solution]

Hi @Joao Borges 

What problem are you trying to solve by having the additional area on this view, in between the sprints on the top and the backlog on the bottom?

Understanding the problem you are facing will help the community provide ideas and help you know if the ideas solve the problem.

Best regards,

Bill

[Joao Borges]

HI @Bill Sheboy  sorry,  I am new to jira and Atlassian Community. I think the goal is to decide if we are going to move forward with tickets or not. Review if an issue is created properly, if it meets all the criterias etc....

Thank you

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Joao Borges -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Thank you for clarifying the issue.  Jira is a tool to support how your team works, and not to change how your team works.  

You describe refining work to check if it is ready for delivery/build work.  For a scrum team, often a team's product owner/champion reviews new requests prior to the team refining them.  Then the team refines to clarify and make work requests selectable for planning and delivery.

If this matches how your team works, you can support that with Jira in a few ways:

• Add an inactive sprint, as @Carlos Garcia Navarro has noted, putting items there you are going to refine
• Add information to your description, or custom fields, to indicate an issue is "ready for planning"; new items should default to "not ready"
• Adjust the priority as items become ready.  One team I support does this: by adding an "Unprioritized" value to the priority drop-down list and defaulting new items to Unprioritized.

Whatever your team decides, consider discussing the topic to ensure everyone understands how Jira is helping you deliver value.

Best regards,

Bill

[Joao Borges]

thanks @Bill Sheboy  for explaining very well and for giving some useful hints. I appreciate it. 

[Carlos Garcia Navarro · Accepted solution]

HI @Joao Borges 

You could create an inactive sprint called "review section", and if you don't start it it will look like the section you described. Something like this: