Subtasks are not seen on backlog (scrum)

[Gul_Elitok]

Hello,

I have created one parent task and 5 sub-tasks under this. Unfortunately these sub tasks are not seen on the backlog for the assignee. I already added all these assignee as watcher on the parent task by the way. What do you suggest? How can I make these sub tasks seen on the backlog for the assignee? We use scrum board.

Thank you for your support.

[Thomas Schlegel · Accepted solution]

Hi @Gul_Elitok ,

Scrum-boards do not show subtask in the backlog, only on the board itself.

[Gul_Elitok]

Hello Thomas. Thank you very much for your reply. In this case, what do you suggest? How can we manage the sub-tasks? If we can not see them on our backlog, we can not plan our sprint accordingly:-(

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Sub-tasks are part of an issue, you don't plan for them in a sprint. 

A sprint contains the list of items you are telling your product owner that you are going to do during the sprint - stories, issues and so-on.  Sub-tasks are part of those items, not deliverables themselves.  By planning item X into a sprint, you are saying you will deliver it.  And hence all of its sub-tasks because they are part of it.

You can see, and re-order, sub-tasks within their parent issue though.  Drag and drop on the sub-task panel.  But that's irrelevant to the sprint - they're either all in because their parent is, or not in, as their parent is not planned for the sprint.