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  2. JSWSERVER-11139

As a Product Owner, I want new PBIs quarantined from the Backlog until I rank them

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      An issue we are facing is that the Product Owner has trouble identifying new items that need ranking, and as such they they get lost in the middle of the backlog. Especially when they are created whilst the Planning Board is open.

      As a workaround...
      I am using colour and status to indicate an item has not yet been ranked.
      This way all 'new' items show up. However this requires the Product Owner to transition these items/issues after they haver been ranked, which is clumsy.

      On our physical wall, we have a separate section where all new cards are posted until they are ranked.
      It has a green heading called "New Items".
      When the Product Owner reviews the backlog, any "New Items" are ranked.

      What I would like to see is a similar tool avalible in Jira.
      e.g. a separate section of the Planning Board, where new items are quaranteened, until physically dragged into a position in the backlog.

      I could see this being implemented by not auto-assigning issues a rank.

      For backwards compatiility I see this as a configurable feature, so as not to shock product owners on upgrade.

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            [JSWSERVER-11139] As a Product Owner, I want new PBIs quarantined from the Backlog until I rank them

            Alexey Larchenko added a comment -

            Workaround for simplified projects which works really well for us:

            • Create a fake sprint and call it e.g. Triage
            • Ask everyone to add new issues there
            • When they are triaged, they can be moved to backlog or sprints directly
            • You can add other fake sprints and organize your workflow Triage -> Grooming

            Alexey Larchenko added a comment - Workaround for simplified projects which works really well for us: Create a fake sprint and call it e.g. Triage Ask everyone to add new issues there When they are triaged, they can be moved to backlog or sprints directly You can add other fake sprints and organize your workflow Triage -> Grooming

            Jo Astley added a comment - - edited

            +1 this should be configurable to appear at the top or the bottom. The problem I have with this appearing at the top (Which is currently seems to do) is that my backlog is in priority order and therefore incorrect tickets could be selected from the top which is in fact just a newly created ticket... 

            Jo Astley added a comment - - edited +1 this should be configurable to appear at the top or the bottom. The problem I have with this appearing at the top (Which is currently seems to do) is that my backlog is in priority order and therefore incorrect tickets could be selected from the top which is in fact just a newly created ticket... 

            C Gibson added a comment -

            +1

             

            Or at least JSWSERVER-5368

            C Gibson added a comment - +1   Or at least JSWSERVER-5368

            Dave F added a comment -

            +1, possibly in conjunction or as a 4th option for this request. https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSWSERVER-5368

            Dave F added a comment - +1, possibly in conjunction or as a 4th option for this request.  https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSWSERVER-5368

            Pierre ALLYNDREE added a comment -

            +1 I do that all the time and is pretty annoying to move stories from bottom to top of backlog !!

            Pierre ALLYNDREE added a comment - +1 I do that all the time and is pretty annoying to move stories from bottom to top of backlog !!

            Alfredzo Nash added a comment - - edited

            +1000 New issues should definitely default to the top of the backlog. As a Scrum master attempting to influence AGILE/DevOps practices within my organization, this feature allows for faster review of PBI while offsetting slower planning nuisances during Sprint planning.  

            Alfredzo Nash added a comment - - edited +1000 New issues should definitely default to the top of the backlog. As a Scrum master attempting to influence AGILE/DevOps practices within my organization, this feature allows for faster review of PBI while offsetting slower planning nuisances during Sprint planning.  

            Steve Pritchard added a comment -

            I'm finding I want issues at the top so that we can review them. I can always "Send to bottom" if we decide they are low priority.

            Agree with others that this should be configurable (e.g. Configure Board - Kanban, or project-level).

            Steve Pritchard added a comment - I'm finding I want issues at the top so that we can review them. I can always "Send to bottom" if we decide they are low priority. Agree with others that this should be configurable (e.g. Configure Board - Kanban, or project-level).

            Daniel Howard added a comment -

            +1

            Daniel Howard added a comment - +1

            Adam Archer added a comment -

            I find I'm constantly scrolling to the bottom or changing filters to get to the create button, a create button up higher would be great, the top button could add to the top of the backlog, the bottom one to the bottom

            Adam Archer added a comment - I find I'm constantly scrolling to the bottom or changing filters to get to the create button, a create button up higher would be great, the top button could add to the top of the backlog, the bottom one to the bottom

            Chris Kelly added a comment -

            +1

            Chris Kelly added a comment - +1

            Frédéric Castonguay added a comment -

            +1

            Frédéric Castonguay added a comment - +1

            Maksym Bebekh added a comment -

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            Maksym Bebekh added a comment - jhgrfahgf

            Maher Tamim added a comment -

            +1 Our team would greatly benefit from this

            Maher Tamim added a comment - +1 Our team would greatly benefit from this

            Alexandre Rondeau added a comment -

            +1

            Alexandre Rondeau added a comment - +1

            Jonathan Francoeur added a comment -

            +1

            Jonathan Francoeur added a comment - +1

            Daniel added a comment -

            Our Product Owners are very frustrated with this aspect of the planning board and would like this addressed ASAP. 

            Daniel added a comment - Our Product Owners are very frustrated with this aspect of the planning board and would like this addressed ASAP. 

            Jason Giroux added a comment -

            My PO would really benefit from some kind of functionality like this to allow some kind of staging or triage area for new issues before she can rank them. At the very least some way to force all new issues to start at the bottom would be a great first step.

            Jason Giroux added a comment - My PO would really benefit from some kind of functionality like this to allow some kind of staging or triage area for new issues before she can rank them. At the very least some way to force all new issues to start at the bottom would be a great first step.

            Philip Lowman added a comment -

            We just switched to JIRA and our entire team is having a meeting about this bug/non-configurable behavior and the problems it has caused.

            It seems crazy that there isn't a staging ground or at least a way to force issues to always be added to either the top or the bottom of the backlog. As others have pointed out, the current focus seems to be a factor of where it goes.
            https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/199124/create-issue-as-admin-item-does-not-go-to-bottom-of-backlog

            Philip Lowman added a comment - We just switched to JIRA and our entire team is having a meeting about this bug/non-configurable behavior and the problems it has caused. It seems crazy that there isn't a staging ground or at least a way to force issues to always be added to either the top or the bottom of the backlog. As others have pointed out, the current focus seems to be a factor of where it goes. https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/199124/create-issue-as-admin-item-does-not-go-to-bottom-of-backlog

            James Ratcliff added a comment -

            Having a major issue with this currently as well.

            James Ratcliff added a comment - Having a major issue with this currently as well.

            Szymon Bemowski added a comment -

            +1, I face exactly the same problem.

            Szymon Bemowski added a comment - +1, I face exactly the same problem.

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