The progress is assigned to each issue manually in a custom field, and aggregated for parent issues. |
You can use any numeric JIRA custom field to store the current progress % – a value from 0 to 100.
If the issue does not have sub-issues:
If the issue does have sub-issues:
Custom field named Complete, total progress is based on All Sub-Issues Are Equal, and Apply Resolution is turned on.
Column Configuration
Sample Structure
Issue |
Explanation |
Progress |
---|---|---|
Sub-sub-issue 1.1 |
This issue is 50% complete as specified by custom field |
50% |
Sub-sub-issue 1.2 |
This issue is resolved (indicated by the green mark) - so it is complete, even if "Complete" field is empty |
100% |
Sub-sub-issue 1.3 |
This issue has no progress information (neither "Resolution" nor "Complete" fields), so progress is undefined and not counted at all. |
n/a |
Sub-sub-issue 1.4 |
This issue has 0 "Complete" value, which means it's 0% complete |
0% |
Sub-issue 1 |
It has two four sub-issues, but 1.3 is ignored. So the total progress is average of the rest: (50 + 100 + 0) / 3 |
50% |
Sub-issue 2 |
The issue is 25% complete as specified by custom field |
25% |
Top issue |
It has two sub-issues: sub-issue 1 is 50% done and sub-issue 2 is 25% done. So the progress is average between two (25 + 50) / 2 |
38% |
Custom field named Complete, total progress is based on the field Story Points, and Apply Resolution is turned on.
Column Configuration
Sample Structure
Issue |
Explanation |
Progress |
---|---|---|
Sub-sub-issue 1.1 |
This issue is 50% complete as specified by custom field and has 2 story points |
50% |
Sub-sub-issue 1.2 |
This issue is resolved (indicated by the green mark) - so it is complete, even if "Complete" field is empty and has 3 stroy points |
100% |
Sub-sub-issue 1.3 |
This issue has no progress information (neither "Resolution" nor "Complete" fields), so progress is undefined and not counted at all. |
n/a |
Sub-sub-issue 1.4 |
This issue has 0 "Complete" value, which means it's 0% complete. It has no story points, so it's counted as mean of 2 and 3 = 2.5 |
0% |
Sub-issue 1 |
It has two four sub-issues, but 1.3 is ignored. So the total progress is weighted average of the rest: (50 x 2 + 100 x 3 + 0 x 2.5) / (2 + 3 + 2.5) |
53% |
Sub-issue 2 |
The issue is 25% complete as specified by custom field and has 1 story point |
25% |
Top issue |
It has two sub-issues: sub-issue 1 is 53% done and sub-issue 2 is 25% done. So the progress is calculated as (53 x 7.5 + 25 x 1) / (7.5 + 1) |
50% |