Imagine your project being already overdue and the issues scheduled for the next release depending on issues in multiple different projects. Managing this is usually a nightmare, but with JQL Search Extensions for JIRA you can easily identify all issues blocking your project.
Step 0: Create a new dashboard
Simply go to dashboard, select: "Create Dashboard", name it "Project blockers"
Step 1: Create filter with JQL query
Go to issue search (issue navigator) and type the JQL for finding issues blocking your release:
linkType = blocks AND linkedByIssueProject = SEARCH and linkedIssueStatusCategory
Save the filter as: "Issues blocking Search Project"
You can further narrow down this search:
- You can use linkedIssueType = Story to search for issues which are blockers for stories in your project
- Try linkedIssuePriority = Blocker to search for issues which are dependencies of blockers in your backlog
- Try adding more keywords, such as
- assignee = unassigned - to identify issues which are not taken care of
- component = Core, to narrow down the search to blockers from Core component