Work Item Essentials

The Work Item Essentials introduces a couple of fields to your Work Items in Jira.

• Start Date is a field that allows you to setup which transitions can trigger the start of timer which ultimately measures work item age. When one of the configured transitions first occurs the Start Date is set and the timer starts. Once this field is recorded, it can be used to calculate work item age and eventually work item cycle time.
• When Start Date is first set then the Work Item Age field is being calculated and you can use it as an indicator of how "old" your work items are. You can display it on Kanban boards (via editing the card layout) and in reports/queries, etc.