In Jira Align Quick View, why is Target Completion for a Story different from that for Team and Feature
Summary
On opening the Quick View of a Feature from the Program Board in Jira Align, some of the fields displayed include:
Feature Target Completion Sprints
Team Target Completion Sprints
a Target Completion (Column) in the list of Stories
Usually these fields would show the same or similar dates, this article explains the content of these fields and why they may contain different information..
Environment
Jira Align
Diagnosis
The feature seems to show mismatched dates, an example of which can be seen in this image:
Cause
These three fields are independent of each other with their values being set in three different locations within Jira Align. As such they can be different and cause confusion
Feature Target Completion Sprints are set in the Details of the Feature
Team Target Completion Sprints are set in the Quick View for the Feature
Target Completion (Column) content is the Sync Date (or Anchor) of the Sprint connected to the Story
Solution
To check or adjust the current settings:
Go to Program (+select Program) > Features and open the details of the feature to review the Target Start and Target Completion dates (this has to also be enabled in the details panel settings)
Go to Program (+select Program) > Program Board, click on the feature to open the Quick View to review the Team Target Completion Sprints
Go to Team (+select Team) > Stories, open the details of the story and check if the story is in the correct Sprint - if incorrect then change it (possibly in Jira and not Jira Align and then wait for sync)
Go to Team (+select Team) > More Items or Manage (+ Show All) > Sprints, open the details of the Sprint associated to the Story to check if the Sprint has the correct Sprint Anchor set in the Sync Date field (when compared with the actual sprint dates. )
If the Sprint does not have the correct Sprint Anchor, correct the selected anchor
if the Sprint does have the correct Sprint Anchor but the text name of the anchor needs adjusting then got to Program (+select Program) > More Items or Manage (+Show All) > Program Increments, open the details of the Program Increment, go to the Sync Sprints tab and change the details of the anchor in the Current Anchors section