Schedule work items from the Program board in your plan
This page refers to the advanced planning features that are only available as part of Jira Cloud Premium and Enterprise.
To schedule or reschedule work items on your Program board, select and move the cards between the columns. Alternatively, select the More menu [•••] on the work item and choose which column you want to move it to. To unschedule work, move it back to the column on the left by either dragging it or using the same menu as before.
The program board focuses on when the work is expected to be delivered, not started. For this reason, place work items on your board based on when you expect the work to be completed. See how the Program board sorts scheduled work items when you create your board.
By default, the Program board schedules work items by dates. To schedule work by sprints, you need to add sprints to your Program board.
If your plan uses sequential dependencies, linked work items in the same column show as off-track. To allow dependencies in the same column, change your plan to use concurrent dependencies.
Using dates on your Program board
When you move a work item, your board schedules it based on the start and end dates at the top of the column.
If you move a parent-level work item to a column, only the end date is assigned; you’ll need to add a start date manually.
All parent-level work items (work items Level 1 such as Epics or Features) are scheduled using dates on the Program board. This way, the timeline view shows the full length of the parent-level work item when roll-ups are enabled. What are rollups in Plans?
Using sprints on your Program board
If you’ve added sprints to your Program board, your board updates the Sprint field when you drag it to a new column. From here, it’s scheduled according to the dates of the sprint.
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