Agile Health

Overview

The Agile Health report provides information regarding a set of Jira issues determined by a provided JQL query, including estimations, age, status, and versioning. 

The Agile Health report is broken out into the following sections:

  • System Information
  • Report Summary
  • Health Checks
    • Epic/Story Health
    • Sprint Health

    • Version Health

System Information

The System Information section is designed to provide high-level details about the Jira instance for which the health report was run and is useful in the event there are multiple systems being monitored.

Report Summary

This section summarizes the number of checks run in the report and the number of passes and fails recorded by the report. It provides a high-level overview of the success of the checks run against the system.

Health Checks

Epic/Story Health

Information regarding statuses of epics and stories within the main filter.

Name

Description

Metric for Comparison

Lower Threshold*

Upper Threshold*

Pass/Fail

Unestimated issuesFinds issues that do not have a story point assigned.Total number of stories0%10%If percent of issues found is in between the upper and lower threshold the check will pass, else, fail.
Epics without FixVersionsFinds epics that do not have a fix versions assigned.Total number of epics0%10%If percent of issues found is in between the upper and lower threshold the check will pass, else, fail.
Orphaned IssuesFinds issues not assigned to an epic.Total number of issues0%10%If percent of issues found is in between the upper and lower threshold the check will pass, else, fail.
Aging Issues > 90 DaysFinds open issues that were created more than 90 days ago.Total number of issues0%10%If percent of issues found is in between the upper and lower threshold the check will pass, else, fail.
Aging Issues > 6 MonthsFinds open issues that were created more than 6 months ago.Total number of issues0%10%If percent of issues found is in between the upper and lower threshold the check will pass, else, fail.
Aging Issues > 1 YearFinds open issues that were created more than 1 year ago.Total number of issues0%10%If percent of issues found is in between the upper and lower threshold the check will pass, else, fail.
Orphaned Sub TasksFinds open subtasks that have a closed parentTotal number of sub-tasks0%10%If percent of issues found is in between the upper and lower threshold the check will pass, else, fail.

Treshold Values

The threshold values are just defaults and do not necessarily reflect best practices for agile or your organization. The values should be reviewed by your agile practice leaders.

Sprint Health

Information regarding statuses of the current sprints within the main filter.

Name

Description

Metric for Comparison

Lower Threshold*

Upper Threshold*

Pass/Fail

Ambiguous Work in Current SprintFinds issues in open sprints that do not have a story point assigned.Total number of issues in open sprints0%10%If percent of issues found is in between the upper and lower threshold the check will pass, else, fail.
Ambiguous Work in Future SprintsFinds issues in future sprints that do not have a story point assigned.Total number of issues in future sprints0%10%If percent of issues found is in between the upper and lower threshold the check will pass, else, fail.


Treshold Values

The threshold values are just defaults and do not necessarily reflect best practices for agile or your organization. The values should be reviewed by your agile practice leaders.

Version Health

Information about projects' versions associated to the main filter.

Name

Description

Metric for Comparison

Lower Threshold*

Upper Threshold*

Pass/Fail

Missed Releases in ProjectsFinds unreleased versions were released after the scheduled release date.Total number of unreleased versions for the specified projects0%10%If percent of issues found is in between the upper and lower threshold the check will pass, else, fail.
Unreleased Versions Missing Release DateFinds unreleased versions that have a release date in the past.Total number of unreleased versions for the specified projects0%10%If percent of issues found is in between the upper and lower threshold the check will pass, else, fail.
Allowed Number of Unreleased VersionsFinds the number of versions that are currently in progress.Total number of unreleased versions for the specified projects0%10%If percent of issues found is in between the upper and lower threshold the check will pass, else, fail.

Treshold Values

The threshold values are just defaults and do not necessarily reflect best practices for agile or your organization. The values should be reviewed by your agile practice leaders.


Sample Report