How do I create a key result in Profit to track epic progress based on the number of task hours from Jira epics?
Create a Jira Epic as a Key Result
Profit.co for Jira plug-in allows you to automatically create your Jira epic as a key result under any of your OKRs in Profit.co. You can track the progress of the linked OKR in your Jira epic.
Link Story Points KPI to the Key Result
Once you selected and added a Jira epic as a key result in Profit, the next step is to select the Jira KPI based on which you want to track your key result progress. A common approach is to estimate tasks in story points, then track tasks using hours. You can use story points or task hours to track your epic progress, depending on what best suits your team.
| Jira KPI | Description |
|---|---|
| Task Hours | Track total time spent on tasks against the original estimate under the Jira epic. |
For Example, A Project manager’s objective is “Improve Project Delivery Performance”. How can they measure if they have improved on-time delivery?
One of the potential indicators which can help you measure your objective performance is Time tracking. Using task hours to measure the progress of the project can tell you how confident are you and your team in achieving your objective.
| Objective | Successfully Deliver the Project on time |
| KR1 | Create User Authentication |
Automate and Monitor your OKR Progress
Now Profit will automatically update your OKR in real-time, since the KPI task hours, what matters to you, is directly linked to a key result.
Monitor your OKR progress and address the areas that need your attention to improve project delivery performance.
Follow these steps to create your Jira epic as a key result under a Profit OKR.
Step 1
Once Profit.co OKR software app from Atlassian marketplace is installed and configured, you will be able to see Profit.co OKRs on your Jira issue page. And your Jira epics can be created as a key result under any of your OKRs in the list.
Now click on the epic you wish to create as a key result in Profit.co
Note: If you don’t see Profit.co OKRs, kindly contact your administrator.
Step 2
Click on Profit.co OKRs to see your individual OKRs in Profit.co. Click on the drop-down to view your Corporate, Department and Team level OKRs.
Step 3
Now, Click on the + icon against any OKR to create your Jira epic “Create user authentication” as a key result under that OKR.
Step 4
You will be prompted to choose from six Jira KPIs which can be tracked in that key result.
| Jira KPI | Description |
|---|---|
| Epic Story Points | Track the number of story points completed against total story points under the Jira epic. |
| Epic Story Points % | Track percentage of story points completed under the Jira epic. |
| Tasks | Track number of issues (story, bug, task) completed against total issues under the Jira epic. |
| Tasks % | Track Percentage of issues (story, bug, task) completed under the Jira epic. |
| Task Hours | Track total time spent on tasks against the original estimate under the Jira epic. |
| Task Hours % | Track the percentage of time spent on tasks under the Jira epic. |
Select Task Hours to track progress in your key result based on task hours completed under the linked epic.
Step 5
Once selected, you will see the summary of epic which will be created as a key result under the selected OKR in Profit.co. Click on Add to complete the process.
Now, your epic is created as a key result under the objective “Create user authentication”.
Click on “Go to linked OKRs” to see the progress of the linked key result.
Step 6
Whenever you update time spent on the task under the Jira epic, your key result in Profit.co will automatically be updated based on time spent on it.
Your actions of adding and removing Original Estimate will also be synched with the key result.
You can see, the key result “Create user authentication” is created under the objective “Successfully Deliver the Project on time” with a KPI “Task Hours”.
Note: You can rename your key result in profit.co. It won’t impact your Jira epic name.