As a Jira administrator

I want to set a sort order attribute for Status

So that teams can better manage their work items

Acceptance criteria

• Status has an attribute of status sort order (similar to status category) which determines the display and reporting order of status values
• Status sort order impacts the drop-down lists of status values, such as on Issue View and in-line editing
• Status sort order impacts reporting/filtering, allowing selection of the value as ASC or DESC, for better control of the output
• Status sort order can be selected on dashboard gadgets as a sort value
• Status sort order can be set using drag-n-drop on a list of the possible status values within the scope of the view: board, project, or instance
• Optional: Status sort order attribute can also be set numerically: 1, 2, 3, etc.  When used, no two statuses can have the same Status sort order value.
• Status values can be created at a board and project level, so status sort order should configurable at that scope as well
• Status sort order at a project level can be shadowed by values set at higher scopes, such as instance.  This supports multi-project board and reporting functions.

Business justification:

Having the ability to sort items by status order enables easier configuration and better reporting. When editing an issue, people tend to think in the order of their team's workflow.  The current design appears to show status values in alphanumeric order, which may be very different from workflow order.  When reporting on items with filters, ordering by status order would lead to a list much easier to understand and take action upon.