Organising epics

Epics Sidebar

The Epics Sidebar in the Team Backlog view displays all epics, grouped by status (idea, to do, in progress), in the projects that are linked to the team with the Teams Custom Field.  The Epics Sidebar is expandable and collapsable.  

• To expand the sidebar click the Epics button in the leftmost panel.

• To collapse the sidebar click the double arrow next to the Epics header in the sidebar.
  
  

By clicking a epic card in the Epics Sidebar, the Epic Overview appears in the main section of the page.  The Epic Overview is divided into two: an Epic Header and Issues in Epic.

Epic Header

The Epic Header displays important metrics for the Epic. The following metrics are displayed from left to right

• Epic name and description;
• Percentage and the fraction of completed issues;
• A progress bar showing the percentage of how many hours of the estimated hours have been logged.

Issues in Epic

The issues in the epic are displayed in a list view below the header.  The issues are grouped by iterations/sprints and a top section showing issues that have not been added to an iteration/sprint.  Each issue row shows the estimated story points and hours for each issue.  The groups are collapsable and expandable and show the sum of all the story points and estimated hours in the backlog/iterations.

If an issue has been added to a version, a label will appear on the right side of the issue row, next to the estimated story points and hours, with the version name.

The sub-tasks of an issues are shown as sub-rows of the main issues by using indentation.  

The left handle of each issue has a a status colour.  The status colours are 

• Blue that stands for New;
• Yellow that stands for In Progress;
• Green that stands for Completed.

Completed issues also have a strike through the issue key.

Adding Issues to Epics

To organise Epics in Tempo Planner you need to do the following

1. Navigate to Team Backlog
2. If the Epics Sidebar is not open, click the Epics button in the leftmost panel.
3. Select the project that you want to select issues from.
4. Then do either of the following
   1. If you want to add an issue, without an epic, to an epic
      1. Scroll to the issue in the main section
      2. Drag the issue that you want to add from the main section, and drop it on a card in the Epics Sidebar. When the issue has been added to an epic a label will appear on the right side of the issue row with the epic name.
   2. If you want to add an issue in an epic to another epic
      1. Find the issue you want to move in the main section
      2. Drag the issue that you want to add from the main section and drop it on a card in the Epics Sidebar. When the issue has been added to another epic, a label will appear on the right side of the issue row with the epic name.