Program Rank (now known as Lab Rank) does not work at Portfolio Level

[Nicolae Victor Rusu]

Could I have someone else confirming if Lab Rank (p.k.a Program Rank) does not work at Portfolio Level ?

When operating at a Portfolio Level I have tried to Rank Outcomes in the Backlog view (drag and drop 1st,2nd etc.) then via the Roadmaps option to rank them by Lab Rank (p.k.a Program Rank) however it does not bring the same prioritised view

All works as expected if I'm at a "Lab" view so not for the entire portfolio. Is this article it does indicate that is the case Source: "Program rank sorting does not reflect work item rank within the entire portfolio, if a portfolio is selected"  Visualize roadmaps in work view – Jira Align  however I was hoping for a test from another member of the community and post that we can include screenshots to bring to life more the guidance

[Steve Sauser]

@Nicolae Victor Rusu Thank you for your question, I hope the below helps with clarification.  

It is important to note that there are many ranks available in Jira Align, one of those Ranks is the Program (Lab) + Program Increment (you may have re-named this in your instance).  

• This is the only Rank that can be applied in the Roadmap. 
• This is set by selecting Program (Lab in your environment) from the Top Navigation and selecting one Program Increment
  • You can select multiple PIs, but each will display in the backlog in it's own section and the rank in one PI won't impact the Rank in another PI. 

When selecting the Portfolio level (plus a PI) you can select the Feature backlog from the view, however this is no longer the Program (Lab) + PI rank, it is now the Portfolio + PI rank which cannot be leveraged in the Roadmap.  

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[Nicolae Victor Rusu]

Thank you for confirming my hyptosesis for the "Program Rank" option of sorting backlog items in the Roadmap view is not possible at a Portfolio Level ( per my test and learn)

Is there any views that you'd recommend that would allow us to view the entire Portfolio as a Roadmap view ? So same principle we can do at Lab level but now at a Portfolio (e.g. Portfolio Rank - which aware is missing) but maybe another view in Jira Align that will give a similar view/capability ?

[Steve Sauser]

@Nicolae Victor Rusu there is not a seperate Roadmap view, however looking at an entire Portfolio of work you would want to look at the Work Tree view.  

Work tree will allow you to see all the work:

• Initiative/Epic
  • Feature (Jira Epic)
    • Story

Or if capabilities are turned on

• Initiative/Epic
  • Capability
    • Feature (Jira Epic)
      • Story

You are able to see Progress for each item as well as the Point value and child items by a count (including Task (Sub-task in Jira).  

Here are reference articles for Work Tree:

Navigate to Work Tree 

Work tree (strategy view) 

Work tree report views 

Work tree (team view) 

Work tree (bottom-up view from story) 

Work tree (theme group view) 

Work tree (top down view from epic)