Calculate all the deadlines to show on the project board and dynamically update the value

[Javanshir Mustafayev _ HIT]

Can epics have deadlines (date custom field) shown on the project board and display the calculation of the necessary time for completion based on the sub-issues and sub-tasks for each particular epic?

I'm using JMWE maybe there is a solution for this using this app if Jira can't do it?

[Javanshir Mustafayev _ HIT]

The only possible solution that will suit the needs to fulfil this task is to assign story points to the epic, its tasks, and its subtasks and show them as a calculated field on the project board.

Need to test if this works at all, and agree with the requester that one story point equals one working day.

[Walter Buggenhout]

Hi @Javanshir Mustafayev _ HIT,

If you were on Jira Software Premium, advanced roadmaps would be able to roll up target dates of child issues to all levels above in the roadmap view. So that would be a graphical, out-of-the box option.

If you don't, you could set up an automation rule like this one from the template library:

For your existing Epics, you would have to take a look at the latest due date of all child issues and set the current due date correctly. But once that's done, this approach might work for you. 

Every time the due date of an issue changes, the rule will check if the issue has an Epic linked to it. If it does, it will compare the issue's due date with the one on the Epic.

You should make sure to set the proper conditions, of course. That may even include validating the due dates of all other child issues of the epic, like in this example:

Hope this helps!  

[Javanshir Mustafayev _ HIT]

Hello @Walter Buggenhout thanks for your broad reply, but will this calculate all the due dates and display how many days in total will one particular epic take to get completed. I wish to display this on the project Board where the Epic cards are for each Epic?

[Walter Buggenhout]

Hi @Javanshir Mustafayev _ HIT,

This will calculate the due date of an Epic, based on the due date(s) of its child issues. You can display the due date field on the issue cards on your board, so you can see the due date of each epic on the board.

It does not calculate the number of days it will take, just the due date.

If you are using a scrum board, you can use the default Epic Report to get a forecast of how many sprints it will take for your Epics to be completed, based on past performance.

[Javanshir Mustafayev _ HIT]

@Walter Buggenhout please clarify, this will display the due date summary for all of the issues under epic on the epic card, or it will display only the earliest/latest due date?