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How to Add Story Points Field in Jira

Updated on:
June 8, 2026
By:
Madhav Bhandari
Use this interactive demo to learn how to enable story points on your Jira scrum board.

Quick summary

This demo shows how to add the Story Point Estimate field to a Jira scrum board by configuring a ticket's settings in just a few clicks. Teams using Jira for agile sprint planning can follow these steps to make story point estimation visible directly on their board.


Steps

  1. In your Jira scrum board, find and select a ticket.
  2. Click the Actions button in the top-right corner of the ticket window.
  3. Choose Configure from the list of options.
  4. In the right-hand panel, tap Story Point Estimate to enable the field.
  5. Click Save Changes to apply your configuration.
  6. The story point field will now appear on your Jira scrum board.

📌 Why this matters

Adding the Story Point Estimate field in Jira gives agile teams a clear, visible way to track effort and plan sprints more accurately. Without this field visible on the scrum board, estimation data stays hidden, slowing down backlog refinement and sprint planning. Enabling story points directly on the Jira board helps teams align on workload, improve velocity tracking, and make data-driven prioritization decisions. This is an essential configuration step for any team adopting agile methodology in Jira.
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