Stale work

Owned by Bazil Arden (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Nov 07, 2017 by Jo Haley (Unlicensed)

Use this chart to... 

  • Identify work that has not be touched for a while and so decide if it is worth keeping in the backlog or the current version / release.

What the chart shows...

  • The issues that have not been edited - with the oldest, most stale, over on the left.


  • Clicking on the bar shows the details of the stuck work items and enables you to click  and open it up in JIRA.

Setting up the chart

  • Select the data for the timescale you are interested in.
  • There is no real point including past iterations/sprints as these issues (which presumably are live) will not have been edited for a while.