Find issues blocking your project

Summary

Imagine your project is already overdue, and the issues scheduled for the next release depend on issues in multiple projects. Finding and managing these issues can be time-consuming and complicated. With JQL Search Extensions for Jira, you can easily identify all issues blocking your project. 

Step 1: Create a new dashboard

1. Go to Dashboards > Create dashboard.

2. Name the dashboard Project blockers, then click Save. 

Step 2: Create a filter with a JQL query

1. Go to Jira advanced issue search (issue navigator).

2. Enter the JQL query using JQL Search Extensions keywords to find issues blocking your release:
   

   linkType = blocks AND linkedByIssueProject = SEARCH and linkedIssueStatusCategory != "Done"

3. Click Save filter.

4. Name the filter Issues blocking search project then click Save.

5. (Optional) You can further narrow this search, with these options: 

   1. Try linkedIssueType = Story to search for issues that are blockers for stories in your project.

   2. Try linkedIssuePriority = Blocker to search for issues that are dependent on blockers in your backlog.

   3. Try adding more keywords: assignee = unassigned to identify issues that are being worked on

Step 3: Present data on the dashboard

Add the following gadgets to the dashboard that you created in Step 1:

• Filter Results gadget: use the saved filter: Issues blocking search project.

• Pie Chart gadget: use the saved filter: Issues blocking search project and set statistic type to Status.

• Issue Statistics gadget: use the saved filter: Issues blocking search project and set statistic type to Project.

• Created vs Resolved gadget, use saved filter: Issues blocking search project.

Configured gadgets give you a live insight into how your project depends on other projects, the exact issues that your project depends on, the status of these issues, and whether the dependencies are closed quicker than new ones are created.