How to Create Advanced Roadmap in Jira

Quick summary

Jira's Advanced Roadmaps feature lets teams create cross-project plans that visualize epics, sprints, and dependencies on a single timeline. You can configure issue sources, apply JQL filters, manage team capacity, and share the roadmap with stakeholders — all from the Plans section in Jira.

Steps

1. Open the Jira dashboard and click the Plans dropdown in the top navigation bar.
2. Select Create plan from the dropdown menu.
3. Enter a meaningful plan name that reflects the project, team, or initiative the roadmap will track.
4. Choose your issue sources — select Agile boards (Scrum or Kanban) if your teams use them.
5. Select the projects you want to include in the roadmap.
6. Click Create to generate the plan.
7. Apply JQL filters to define which issues should appear in your roadmap.
8. Click the Basic View dropdown to switch between available roadmap views.
9. Click Timeline to display the roadmap with start and end dates for epics, tasks, and issues.
10. Click Calendar to add and view important tasks or scheduled milestones.
11. Click Program to switch to a Program board view for broader planning.
12. Navigate to Teams to define team members and track capacity across sprints or timeframes.
13. Go to Releases to create and manage a cross-project release.
14. Click Dependencies to manage task dependencies across different teams and projects.
15. Click the Share button to grant team members or stakeholders view or edit permissions on the roadmap.