Configure Daily Standup Questions and Jira Queries in Standupify

The 'Questions' section in Standupify is where you tailor the core of your team's asynchronous standup experience. This powerful feature allows you to customize the questions posed to team members and, crucially, link these questions directly to Jira's robust filtering capabilities using Jira Query Language (JQL).

By configuring JQL, Standupify can automatically pull relevant Jira tasks into the Google Chat bot, streamlining the process of reporting on 'What did you do yesterday?' and 'What will you do today?'. This reduces manual input, ensures relevant updates, and boosts productivity by directly linking standup reports to project progress in Jira. It also supports the decomposition of larger tasks and offers a 'psychological productivity boost' by highlighting resolved items.

This feature is invaluable for Team Leads, Scrum Masters, Project Managers, and Administrators who need to ensure standups are efficient and aligned with project progress. Even individual Team Members configuring their team's standups will find this highly beneficial.

Key Capabilities

• Customizing the default standup questions to perfectly match your team's needs.
• Defining precise JQL queries to filter Jira tasks for 'yesterday's work' and 'today's plan'.
• Ensuring that only 'Resolved' or 'Done' tasks are suggested for 'What did you do yesterday?' questions, promoting focus on completed work.
• Previewing the types of tasks a JQL query will pull from Jira before deployment.

When a team member receives their daily standup prompt from the Standupify Google Chat bot, the questions they see and the tasks suggested are governed by the settings configured on this page. For instance, the 'What did you do yesterday?' question can be configured with JQL like assignee = currentUser() AND status = Resolved. This query instructs Standupify to fetch only those Jira issues that are assigned to the current user and have a status of 'Resolved', presenting them for selection in the standup report.

This direct link between standup questions and Jira tasks transforms traditional meetings into focused discussions, ensuring that the tasks presented to members are highly relevant, actionable, and contribute to accurate progress tracking.

Frequently asked questions

How do I change the default standup questions?

You can customize default standup questions by navigating to the 'Questions' tab within your specific 'Daily Report' configuration and editing the text or associated Jira Query Language (JQL).

How can I integrate Jira tasks into my daily standups?

After integrating Standupify with Jira and authorizing access, you can define Jira Query Language (JQL) statements for each standup question. Standupify will then automatically fetch relevant tasks based on your queries.

What kind of Jira tasks will Standupify suggest for team members?

Standupify suggests tasks based on the JQL queries you configure. For example, you can set a query to only pull tasks assigned to the current user that have a 'Resolved' status for 'What did you do yesterday?'.

How can I make sure team members only report on resolved tasks for 'yesterday'?

To ensure team members report on resolved tasks for 'yesterday', configure the JQL for the 'What did you do yesterday?' question to include `status = Resolved` in your query, alongside other criteria like `assignee = currentUser()`.