Summary
Imagine your project is already overdue and the issues scheduled for the next release depend on issues in multiple different projects.
Managing this is usually a nightmare, but with JQL Search Extensions for JIRA Jira, you can easily identify all issues blocking your project.
Step 1: Create a new dashboard
Simply go to the dashboard, select: "Create Dashboard", name it "Project blockers" and save.
Step 2: Create a filter with JQL query
Go to issue search (issue navigator) and type the JQL for finding issues blocking your release:
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linkType = blocks AND linkedByIssueProject = SEARCH and linkedIssueStatusCategory != "Done" |
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You can further narrow down this search:
You can use linkedIssueType = Story to search for issues
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that are blockers for stories in your project
Try linkedIssuePriority = Blocker to search for issues
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that are dependencies of blockers in your backlog
Try adding more keywords, such as
assignee = unassigned - to identify issues
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that are not taken care of
component = Core, to narrow down the search to blockers from Core component
Step 3: Present data on the dashboard
Add the following gadgets to the new dashboard:
Filter Results gadget and use saved filter: "Issues blocking Search Project"
Pie Chart gadget, use saved filter: "Issues blocking Search Project" and set statistic type to status
Issue statistics gadget, use saved filter: "Issues blocking Search Project" and set statistic type to project
Created vs resolved gadget, use saved filter: "Issues blocking Search Project"
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Gadgets configured will give you a live insight into how your project depend depends on other projects, what are the exact issues that your project depend depends on, what is the status of these issues and if the dependencies are closed quicker than the new ones are created.
Get JQL Search Extensions and find the blocking issues now!
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