Create Epics from the New... Menu
Problem to solve
Make it easier to create Epics by providing epics as an option from the New drop-down menu.
Intended users
Further details
I wish to create Epics to group issues on a theme so as to track progress on that theme over multiple milestones or releases. These Epics provide a single place for those interested in the theme to see both high level thinking about it, current progress and plans, and to make it easy others to contribute and link their ideas.
I often use the add new drop-down menu to create new issues. However, Epics are missing from this list and I often have to do quite a bit of navigating to find where they may be created.
Proposal
Add an option to create Epics from the create new drop-down.
Permissions and Security
I do have access to create new Epics from the group detail page, but as I rarely use this page, it is inconvenient to navigate to it just to create the Epics.
What does success look like, and how can we measure that?
A successful implementation would allow us to create an Epic in a few clicks from any page.
- Click new drop-down menu in the header.
- Click New epic.
- Complete epic details and save the epic.
The current approach to an uninitiated user who knows that Epics are available is:
- Click new drop-down menu in the header. Confusion as to why no option to create an Epic is presented.
- Go to docs or start hunting through the application to find Epics functionality. Eventually learn that one has to go to the group page.
- Click group drop-down.
- Find and select the correct group.
- Click Epics sidebar and select list.
- Click New Epic button.
- Complete epics details and save the epic.
What is the type of buyer?
Epics are currently available for Premium / Silver.
Is this a cross-stage feature?
Unknown