Priority Scoring Calculator computes backlog item scores using your custom formula.
Please take into consideration that the great strength of this plugin is the customization of its own score calculation formula (s). Several tools can be used as models for calculating this score according to the specific needs of your business.
Prioritization tools that can be used to customize the formula :
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By default, each user in the jira-administrators group can access to the plugin in the top toolbar of their Dashboard.
This default group configuration can be modified from the admin profile, on the Settings tab, in App Access Group.
Create issues project permission and Browse users and groups permission are required to configure the plugin and edit values from the app page. |
Connect on your Atlassian account and select the project you want to work on
Select the type of project you want and add it a Name and a Key
In the top toolbar of your Dashboard, click on the application link : © Priority Scoring Calculator
On the Settings tab, select an active project to start using the app
In the top toolbar of your Dashboard, click Issues, then Search for issues
Define your filter by Project - Type - Status - etc…
Then Save as
Add a Filter Name, then Save
On your app, on the Issues tab, Select your favorite filter
For more information, please check this Atlassian Support Documentation : Save your search as a filter.
Please note that the definition of the formula is required to start scoring.
In order to use the default formula, custom fields must be created first in the app Settings tab. |
On the Settings tab, in the Project Formula part, click Create Custom Field
Select the type : Number or List
If the type is Number : add the Name of the Custom Fields you want to use on your formula. You can use the Custom Fields of the default formula as well, add them using the same process.
If the type is List : add a Name and Values. The first field is the label displayed to end-user and the second one is the value for calculation. Add the values and Save changes
Select the desired Custom Field List and modify it by adding a new value or deleting an old one.
In the list of Project Formula, select the custom field you want to use for the calculation and click Add Custom Field to integrate it into the formula field
To avoid an error message, please use a valid formula
Please check this Atlassian Support Documentation : Edit or delete a custom field.
Please note that only the administrator profile can delete Custom Fields. |
Formula by default, according to WSJF Model :
("Business Value" + "Time Criticality" + "Risk or Opportunity") / "Job Size" = "WSJF"
Formula according to RICE scoring Model :
(“Reach” * “Impact“ * “Confidence“) / “Effort“= “RICE”
Please note that the custom fields used into the formula will be the ones that appear in the table on the Issues tab.
Formula according to ICE scoring Model :
("Impact" * "Confidence" * "Ease" ) = "ICE"
First create your filter(s).
Then, among all the filters created, select the filter you want to use for the display of the Issues
Select all of the Issue types or select only one to display from: Task - Sub-task - Story - Bug - Epic.
Select the number of entries you want to display on one screen from: 10 - 25 - 50 - 100 entries.
Use the navigation pagination below the table to browse the results page.
Use the search bar to find the Issues in which your keyword is mentioned.
Please note that to be found, the word must be complete.
Customize your table by clicking on the empty field of Set columns to see the list of possible columns to add.
Select the column (s) you want to add to your table.
Click on the cross to remove it.
Click on the Issue displayed in the Issue Key column to display it completely in another window and modify it if necessary.
Please note that you can easily add and modify the values directly from the table by clicking on the value field.
Please note that it’s also possible to populate Issue Custom Field from the Issue screen.
Go to Jira Administration, select Issues
In the left navigation bar select Screens
Select the project you want
Update all screens related to your project
Below the Field Tab add your Custom Fields according to the formula
Go to Issues - My open Issues or the Issue you want
Click Edit, edit the Issue by adding the values directly in the Custom Fields at the bottom of the list
Click Update
See the values recently added in the Issue itself
Modify the values directly in the Issue, the score will be calculated automatically
then, go back to your app and see the values added automatically in the table
For more information, please check this Atlassian Support Documentation : Configuring a custom field.
Please check the Authorizations-and-permissions-required-to-use-the-plugin part.
Please check how to define the filter.
Issues returned by the active filter must have their project formula equal to the active project formula. |
Among all your projects, select the one you want to work on.
In this part, there are 2 possibilities:
Project Only : apply only one standard formula per project, without distinguishing by Issue Types
Project And Issue Types : apply this standard formula + apply a specific formula to an Issue Type.
Please check the define the filter part.
In the Project formula apply the standard formula
In Issue Type Formulas select an Issue type
Then, click Apply to current Project
Then, go to Issues tab
Note that the table is different depending on the Issue Type chosen in connection with the 2 formulas applied
Please check how to define the formula.
Allows you to apply the formula to the active project.
This feature allows you viewing and scoring of multiple project issues on one screen only.
In Formula Scope select Project Only
First define the formula
Then click Apply to multiple projects
Enter your different projects in the Select projects field, enter the first three characters in lowercase.
Then Apply
Then modify the Active project to select the project you want to work on
Note that the formula will be the same in the different projects you selected before.
Project 1
Project 2
In Formula Scope select Project And Issue Types
Then configure Project Formula and Issue Type Formula
Then click Apply to multiple projects below Issue Type Formulas
Enter the different projects wanted in the Select projects field, enter the first three characters in lowercase.
Then Apply
Then modify the Active project to select the project you want to work on
Note that the formula will be the same in the different projects you selected before.
To be able to sort issues when editing from the plugin page, please check that Auto-update search results is set to ON in “Settings”, “System”, “General Configuration”.
Please also note that the Lucene indexer may takes some times to re-index the issue score, this could affect the sort results. |
You can use your favorite Kanban board to visualize and follow up the scoring of your issues in order to prioritize them.
Customize your filter to retrieve Issues where the scoring result is not empty and then order by the scoring result desk.
JQL example : PROJECT = BUD and WSJF is not EMPTY order by WSJF desc
Please note that the app sorting system is based on JQL. If you try to sort custom fields of type numbers with empty values in the list, this can lead to unexpected behavior.
We suggest to customize your filter to retrieve Issues where the scoring result is not empty and then order by the scoring result desk.
JQL example : PROJECT = BUD and WSJF is not EMPTY
This error may be triggered because you are trying to access the app with a different URL than your instance Base Url. Please go to your admin General configuration and check your Base Url.
This issus is thrown if you don’t have access rights to the active project, or this project was deleted.
To solve this issue, go to the Settings tab and search for another project you have access to.
This behavior is generally caused by a SSL mis-configuration on the server. This affect webhooks calls which are in charge of updating results.
Please have a look on that documentation to investigate the issue :
https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/how-to-import-a-public-ssl-certificate-into-a-jvm-867025849.html
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