In an agile environment, tasks are often assigned to a specific sprint, rather than specific dates. With the Use Sprints for Manual Scheduling option enabled, tasks can be scheduled to begin and end based on sprint dates. You can also move a task to a different sprint directly from your Gantt chart.
If a task has more than one sprint assigned to it, Structure.Gantt will use the most recent sprint (based on actual and/or anticipated sprint end dates) for scheduling and visualization.
When tasks are scheduled by sprint, you will see the Agile icon beside the task bar. |
Sprints are represented in the chart header as follows:
At some zoom levels, sprints will not be shown due to space limitations. To view sprints, simply zoom in.
Future sprint dates can be taken directly from Jira, or you can configure custom dates in the Sprint configuration settings. |
Structure.Gantt schedules future sprints based on your Sprint configuration settings.
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Issues that are not assigned to a sprint are placed in the Backlog panel.
To assign these to a sprint, simply drag the task bar to the appropriate location on the chart or click the task bar and edit the sprint field in the Task Details Panel.
An issue can be assigned to sprints from the Backlog board selected in the Gantt configuration. If you don't see the sprint you want, you may need to adjust the configuration or add a custom Slice. |
Tasks that are scheduled by sprint have a Fixed Duration. They are scheduled for the entirety of the sprint, regardless of their work estimate, with the assumption that team members will work on tasks as they have availability during the sprint period, rather than in a set order or at a specific time. When calculating resource usage, Structure.Gantt spreads the work for each task evenly across the sprint.
See Fixed Duration for more details.
If a task has a Start and/or Finish date and is assigned to a sprint:
If the task is moved to the Backlog panel, its Start/Finish dates will be removed |
See Scheduling Precedence for more information.
Parallel sprints with the same start and end dates are represented on the timeline as a single bar showing the total amount of parallel sprints. When dragging a task from a board with parallel sprints, Structure.Gantt will always check which sprint you want to reassign the task to. When the start/end dates for parallel sprints are not the same, Structure.Gantt will show them in different rows (up to a maximum of 5). |
If you’re working with Parallel Sprints, please note that at this time Structure.Gantt only supports parallel sprints with the same start dates and durations. When dragging a task from a board with parallel sprints, Structure.Gantt will always check which sprint you wish to reassign the task to.
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