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The Progress column displays the aggregate issue progress, based on the issue's state, time tracking info and its sub-issues. |
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Progress is the custom Structure column, not available in the Issue Navigator or other standard JIRA views. |
How is Progress Calculated?
The progress is calculated based on the issue’s Resolution field, time tracking data and the progress of sub-issues to give best estimate of the issue completion progress based on the extrapolation of the available data.
Calculating Progress for Issue Without Sub-Issues
If the issue does not have sub-issues:
- If the issue's Resolution field is not empty, the progress is 100%.
- Otherwise, if the issue has time tracking information, the progress is calculated proportionally to this issue completion%:
(Time Spent) / (Time Spent + Remaining Estimate)
- Otherwise, the progress is 0%.
Calculating Progress for Issue with Sub-Issues
If the issue does have sub-issues:
- If the issue's Resolution field is not empty, the progress is 100% - regardless of the sub-issues progress.
- If the issue and its sub-issues do not have estimates or work logged (or if time tracking is turned off), the progress is calculated as the average from the sub-issues progresses.
- If time tracking is used and all issues have an estimate (either original estimate or remaining estimate) - the estimates and total work logged are summed up and the progress is calculated as the total completion%:
(Total Time Spent) / (Total Time Spent + Total Remaining Estimate)
- If a sub-issue does not have time tracking information, it is counted in as an average sub-issue, based on the mean total time (mean time spent + remaining estimate)
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If the issue has both its own time tracking information and sub-issues with progress, its own progress value is counted as if was the progress of its another sub-issue. |
Examples
1. Example without time estimates
Issue | Explanation | Progress |
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Sub-sub-issue 2.1 | This issue is resolved (indicated by the green mark) - so it is complete | 100% |
Sub-issue 2 | It has two sub-issues with 100% and 0% progress, the total progress is average value | 50% |
Top issue | It has two sub-issues: sub-issue 1 is 0% done and sub-issue 2 is 50% done, the mean value is 25%. | 25% |
2. Example with time tracking information
Issue | Explanation | Progress |
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Sub-issue 1 | It has 3 days of work logged with 1 day remaining, so its progress is | 75% |
Sub-issue 2 | This issue does not have any work logged, is not resolved and does not have sub-issues | 0% |
Top issue | The top issue has total time spent of 3 days (work logged on sub-issue 1) and 2 total days remaining (estimates on sub-issue 1 and sub-issue 2), so its progress | 60% |
3. More complex example
Issue | Explanation | Progress |
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Sub-sub-issue 2.1 | It has 2 days of work logged and 1 day remaining, the progress is | 66% |
Sub-sub-issue 2.2 | This issue has 1 day of work logged and no work remaining - so even though it is not resolved, it's considered completed | 100% |
Sub-issue 2 | It has total time spent of 3 days, and total remaining estimate of 2 days (the remaining time from sub-sub-issue 2.1 and its own 1 day, which is considered additional work, besides sub-issues). The progress is | 60% |
Sub-issue 1 | This one has 3 days of work logged and 1 day remaining - the progress is | 75% |
Top issue | The progress of the top issue is calculated as follows. The obvious total time spent is 6 days, total remaining estimate is 3 days (count in all sub-issues on all levels). But there's also sub-issue 3, which does not have estimates or work logged, so it’s estimated based on the average among the Top Issue's children issues - sub-issue 1 and sub-issue 2: the average between total time of sub-issue 1 (3 + 1 = 4 days) and total time of sub-issue 2 (3 + 2 = 5 days) is 4.5 days. So sub-issue 3 is treated as if it has total time 4.5 days (and given its 0% progress that's 0 days spent and 4.5 days remaining). That yields for the top issue: total time spent is 6 days, total remaining time is 7.5 days, and the progress is | 44% |