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MarinaKostyuk
Copper Contributor
Aug 12, 2024

Show Roll up Date in Delivery Plan based on Sprint Planning

Hello,

 

I am currently managing a T&T with the JIRA Instance from the client. In JIRA you can create a delivery plan (JIRA Plans) that automatically updates the duration of the parent Work items (Initiative / Epic) based on the Stories which are assigned to the sprint.

 

This means the team "just" assigns their stories to the current and future sprints and you will automatically get a complete Delivery Plan for the project.

 

My question:

Is it possible in "ADO Delivery Plans" to have the Highlevel Work items (Initiative, Epic, Feature) automatically span over multiple sprints based on the child stories and the sprints that they are assigned to without manually setting Start- and End Dates for the Work items (Initiative, Epic, Feature).

 

See Example from JIRA below - the dashed lines show that the date for the initiative and the Epics are based on the stories and their sprint assignment.

 

Thank you very much for your input!

 

NOTE: Maybe there is an extension that we can buy to make this happen.

 
 

2 Replies

  • Kidd_Ip's avatar
    Kidd_Ip
    MVP
    Aug 23, 2024

    MarinaKostyuk 

     

    You may consider following:

     

    Enable Rollup Data:
    In your Delivery Plan settings, you can enable the option to show child rollup data. This will display the progress of child items (like stories) on the parent items (like Epics and Features)

     

    Manual Adjustments:
    Currently, you will need to manually set the start and end dates for high-level work items. This can be streamlined by regularly reviewing and updating these dates based on the progress of child items.

     

    Extensions:
    There are no specific extensions that fully automate this process as of now. However, you can explore the Azure DevOps Marketplace for tools that might offer additional functionalities or integrations that could help streamline your workflow

     

    Custom Scripts:
    If you have development resources, you might consider creating custom scripts using Azure DevOps REST API to automate the updating of parent work items based on the child items’ sprint assignments

  • CodeFreeIntegrator's avatar
    CodeFreeIntegrator
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 22, 2024
    It's my understanding that ADO Delivery Plans don't have the built-in capability to automatically adjust the duration of high-level work items (Initiatives, Epics, Features) based on the sprint assignments of child stories.

    You could try using Rollup columns in your boards to get you some visibility into the earliest start date and latest finish date of child items. However, this is just informational and doesn't drive the parent's timeline on the Delivery Plan.

    Are you trying to connect Jira and Azure DevOps? Or are you just referencing the feature in Jira as an example? There are definitely 3rd party apps out there that can sync data between tools if you wanted to control the delivery plan timeline from Jira and have it automatically populate your work items in ADO with start and due dates.

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