How to create project plan in Jira?

July 24, 2025

Here's a step-by-step guide on how to do project plan in Jira with Planyway.

  1.  Using Timeline view is the most convenient way to plan a project.
  2. Firstly, add project team members to the timeline to see their tasks and capacity. 
  3. To see assigned tasks across multiple Jira projects, select a project using the Add project button in the left-hand panel.
  4. You can also plan by sprints — to do this, select "Show issues based on their Sprint" in the View section.
  5. You can assign tasks using drag-and-drop functionality. Just select a task from the right-hand panel and drag it onto the timeline in the swimlane of the appropriate team member.
  6. If a task has subtasks, you can visualize them on the Timeline.
  7. Different types of grouping are available in Planyway: by team, by project, by component, and more.
  8. Milestones can be added to the plan if needed. You can do this in the first section of the Timeline.
  9. After this, you can balance workload using Workload view. To evaluate the team's workload, add an original time estimate to each task. 
  10.  Planyway helps identify when a team member’s workload equals their daily capacity — and when they are overloaded.
  11. You can manage workload balance by changing task duration or limiting the number of tasks.
  12. To monitor plan execution, you can use the time tracking feature, which allows you to log time in three ways: inside the issue on the details panel, in the main section using a timer, or manually and on Time Tracking view.
  13. To analyze time spent on work, go to the Reports section.

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