Unable to create Task under Story

[asha_somashekar]

Hi,

I am unable to create a Task under Story. Only Subtask is possible but I have a need to have Story->Task->Subtask.

Please check/suggest

Regards

Asha

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Yes, this is correct, the hierarchy is Epic -> Story (or task, or any other name you want) -> Sub-task.

Sub-tasks of sub-tasks is an anti-pattern, it just makes a completely unusable mess in most cases.  The best case is that it drags you into massive micro-management, which is completely unproduvtive. 

You should be looking at your processes, trying to make them into a function shape that uses Epic -> Story -> Sub-task as intended.  And probably look upwards above epic.

[Mindaugas Dūda]

Hi Asha,

What kind of problem you are trying to solve? There must be another way to solve the situation.

Regards, Mindaugas

[John Funk]

Hi Asha,

That is not standard Agile practice and is not allowed in Jira.