Atlassian Corporation
ISSUE RANK MANAGEMENT IN AN ISSUE TRACKING SYSTEM

Abstract:

Described herein is a computer implemented method for selecting a plurality of issues maintained by an issue tracking system for balancing. The method comprises determining a pivot issue maintained by the issue tracking system, adding the pivot issue to a set of issues, the set of issues being issues that are to be balanced, and sequentially analyzing issues in a first direction from the pivot issue, the issues in the first direction having successively adjacent rank values in the first direction to a rank value of the pivot issue and. For each successive first direction issue in the first direction the method further comprises determining whether selection termination criteria are met in respect of the first direction issue and, if not, adding the first direction issue to the set of issues and proceeding to analyse the next issue in the first direction.