Tracking activities in projects

[Marc Rosenfeld]

Hello, 

In order to align with the business needs, I need to be able to plan (and  check executions) based on the activities performed by teams members on the task level.

Explaining: 

The project is organized around user stories (e.g. as a user, I want a panic button to alert the team I'm in danger) and tasks (e.g. "meeting with customer to understand its needs" "Identify and design the screen with the new functionalities" , "implement changes in the front end" etc...)

There are plenty of properly logged (legacy) tasks (with time spent etc), so it makes sense to categorize them in order to have a better overview of the project and its resource allocation.

I understand that "versions" should not be used for such purposes, given it is related with the product deliveries, and "epics" are a collections of stories, that de facto, requeres a number of activities to be performed.

The closed that I could find for my purpose is "themes", but themes are related to epics so not suitable for my purpose given that I must categorize on task level.

For the side note, my intention was to categorize tasks based for "maintenance" "feature development" "analysis and design" and "customer relationship" --but may change/adapt those categories depending on the business needs, off course.

PS: I'm new to jira so please, so please feel free to point to documentation if this is already answered.

[Alexey Matveev · Accepted solution]

I am not quite sure that I understood your question, but have a look at the component field:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwarecloud/organizing-work-with-components-764478279.html

[Marc Rosenfeld]

Hi @Alexey Matveev

Indeed, I had a look on components too, however I understand that "components" are typically related with the things around the task being performed --e.g. MySQL, "APIs" etc.

I'm not quite sure this is suited for my needs, given i should have i) one category per task and ii) as much as I understand, components are more related to technical specificity of the system than the task itself.

That said,  let me know what you think and/or if I missed a point?

[Alexey Matveev]

You can use the component field as you wish. If this field fits your requirement, then you can use it. You can apply your own logic to any field in Jira.

[Marc Rosenfeld]

ok, good to know: I just want to make use of the field that is properly made for this purpose, in order to not miss up with the team way of working. ; )