Problem Definition

Currently, in the task board, the ranking of the sub-tasks is tied to the parent issue of those sub-tasks.

The following use case is affected by this and can create some confusion.

Assuming we have the following stories and sub-tasks:

• ABC-1
  • ABC-10
  • ABC-11
  • ABC-12
• ABC-2
  • ABC-20
• ABC-3
  • ABC-31

And assuming we have a board with 3 columns called "To Do", "In Progress", and "Done" with the swimlanes disabled.

If all the stories are in the "To Do" and all the sub-tasks in the "In progress" columns, following the same order, the sub-tasks ABC-20 and ABC-30 cannot be ranked above the sub-task ABC-10.

To change the order of the sub-tasks in the "In progress" column, it's necessary to reorder the parents ABC-1, ABC-2, and ABC-3

Suggested Solution

As a Jira Software user, I want to be able to change the rank of sub-tasks without having the restriction of the parent issue.