Calculate lead time in Jira Advanced Roadmaps: Understanding dependencies

Summary

This article discusses how lead time is calculated in Jira Advanced Roadmap.

Environment

Jira Cloud

Solution

Extract from View all of a work item's dependencies on your plan

Please note that in advanced roadmaps, we can view all of an issue’s dependencies on your timeline.

With the timeline section of your plan visible, select the dependency icon on either side of the schedule bar to show all of the dependencies attached to that issue. When Advanced Roadmaps is set to show Badges, these icons are always visible on your timeline. If you have Advanced Roadmaps set to show dependencies as Lines, they only show when you hover over the schedule bar.

• Lead time

  - The number of days between the dependent issues

In Advanced Roadmaps, all dependency links are treated as if they are blocks/are blocked by links. So, the issue with the outward link (blocking or the equivalent in other links) must be completed first, and then the inward link (is blocked by or the equivalent in other links) must start after the first issue is complete.

The lead time is the time between the end time of the first issue and the start time of the second issue. For example, let’s say we have two issues:

• Test-1 Start Date: Oct 1st

  End Date: Oct 10th

  And blocks Test-2

• Test-2 Start Date: Oct 12th

  and End Date: Oct 30th

  And is blocked by Test-1

The lead time in this case would be +2 days, which is the number of days since issue 1 ended and issue 2 started.