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Agile Hive comes with a set of Jira Custom Fields to enable additional functionality related to working in a SAFe® context.

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Creating Agile Hive Custom Fields

As a Jira administrator, navigate to the ‘Apps’ administration of your Jira Cloud site. Select ‘Agile Hive’ in the sidebar on the left and then go to the tab ‘Custom Fields’.

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Missing Custom Fields

If one or more Custom Fields cannot be created they will display a

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status. This is most likely due to the fact that another Custom Field with the same name already exists. This can be resolved by either deleting or renaming the Custom Field that already exists in your Jira instance.

Assigning Agile Hive Custom Fields with Jira projects and issues

There are two options when it comes to assigning a set of Agile Hive Custom Fields for specific product features introduced with Agile Hive include:

General

Custom Field name

Description

PI Involvement

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Currently only available for projects on Team level.

Displays planned PIs for an issue based on Jira’s Sprint field.

Assigned PIs

Currently only available for issues configured for Risk and Objective functionality in Agile Hive Project Settings.

Users can select up to 5 PIs that the issue is assigned with. Value of this field will be used to include the issue in PI reports.

Objective

Custom Field name

Description

Plan Business Value

Agile Hive field to capture the planned business value for an objective, aiding in prioritization and alignment with strategic goals.

Users can select one option on a scale ranging from 0 to 10.

Actual Business Value

Agile Hive field to track the realized business value achieved for an objective, providing insights into the actual impact and effectiveness of project outcomes.

Users can select one option on a scale ranging from 0 to 10.

Uncommitted Objective

Agile Hive field to indicate the commitment status of an objective, providing visibility into whether it is uncommitted or not.

Users can set the field value to either ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.

Risk

Note

In order for Risk Custom Fields to function properly, there may only exist exactly one Custom Field in your Jira site with name ‘Probability', ‘Impact’, ‘Residual Probability’, and ‘Residual Impact’.

All Custom Fields listed below are available for issues configured for Risk functionality in Agile Hive Project Settings only. To edit those fields we recommend using the Agile Hive Issue Context in the right-hand sidebar of Jira’s issue view.

Custom Field name

Description

Probability

Agile Hive field to capture the likelihood of a risk occurring, aiding in risk assessment and mitigation planning.

Values available for this field are ‘Very Unlikely’, ‘Unlikely’, ‘Likely’, ‘Very Likely', ‘Almost Certain’, and ‘Unspecified’.

Impact

Agile Hive field to assess and record the potential consequences or significance of a risk, aiding in prioritization and mitigation planning.

Values available for this field are ‘Insignificant’, ‘Minor’, ‘Moderate’, ‘Major’, ‘Catastrophic’, and ‘Unspecified’.

Exposure

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titlereadonly

Calculated automatically based on user input for Probability and Impact. See the table below for more details.

Residual Probability

Agile Hive field to track the likelihood of a risk after implementing mitigation measures, enabling effective risk management and decision-making.

Values available for this field are ‘Very Unlikely’, ‘Unlikely’, ‘Likely’, ‘Very Likely', ‘Almost Certain’, and ‘Unspecified’.

Residual Impact

Agile Hive field to track the potential consequences or significance of a risk after implementing mitigation measures, facilitating ongoing risk management and decision-making.

Values available for this field are ‘Insignificant’, ‘Minor’, ‘Moderate’, ‘Major’, ‘Catastrophic’, and ‘Unspecified’.

Residual Exposure

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titlereadonly

Calculated automatically based on user input for Residual Probability and Residual Impact. See the table below for more details.

Formula for calculated Exposure fields

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(Residual) Impact

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Unspecified

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Catastrophic

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Major

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Moderate

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Minor

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Insignificant

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(Residual) Probability

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with your Jira projects and issues:

Agile Hive Custom Fields

Custom Fields for specific product features introduced with Agile Hive include:

General

The Custom Fields listed below provide functionality not dedicated to a specific issue type or functionality of Agile Hive. Availability and support for SAFe® layers and issue types may vary on a per-field basis.

Custom Field name

Available SAFe® project layers

Available Issue Types

Description

PI Involvement

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titlereadonly

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titleART

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colourPurple
titleTeam

All default issue types

Displays planned PIs for an issue based on Jira’s Sprint field.

For issues in projects on higher layers of SAFe® hierarchy, PI Involvement is derived from planned Sprints of all child issues.

Assigned PIs

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titleLarge solution

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titleART

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titleTeam

Not available for issues configured for Milestone functionality in Agile Hive Project Settings

Users can select up to 5 PIs that the issue is assigned with. Value of this field will be used to include the issue in PI Reports.

Owning Team

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colourRed
titleART

All default issue types

Users can select up to one Team out of all Teams that are assigned with the ART that the issue belongs to. Value of this field will be used to display issues in the correct swimlane of ART Planning Board.

Teams Involved

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titlereadonly

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titleART

All default issue types

Lists all Teams that contribute at least one issue to the respective ART-level Feature. This information is automatically derived from Agile Hive issue hierarchy set in the ‘SAFe® Hierarchy’ issue panel.

Objective

All Custom Fields listed below are available only for issues configured for Objective functionality in Agile Hive Project Settings. Also, Custom Fields listed below are only supported for projects on

Status
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titleLarge solution
,
Status
colourRed
titleART
, and
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colourPurple
titleTeam
level.

Custom Field name

Description

Plan Business Value

Agile Hive field to capture the planned business value for an objective, aiding in prioritization and alignment with strategic goals.

Users can select one option on a scale ranging from 0 to 10.

Actual Business Value

Agile Hive field to track the realized business value achieved for an objective, providing insights into the actual impact and effectiveness of project outcomes.

Users can select one option on a scale ranging from 0 to 10.

Uncommitted Objective

Agile Hive field to indicate the commitment status of an objective, providing visibility into whether it is uncommitted or not.

Users can set the field value to either ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.

Risk

Note

In order for Risk Custom Fields to function properly, there may only exist exactly one Custom Field in your Jira site with name ‘Probability', ‘Impact’, ‘Residual Probability’, and ‘Residual Impact’.

All Custom Fields listed below are available only for issues configured for Risk functionality in Agile Hive Project Settings. Also, Custom Fields listed below are only supported for projects on

Status
colourBlue
titleLarge solution
,
Status
colourRed
titleART
, and
Status
colourPurple
titleTeam
level.

To edit those fields we recommend using the Agile Hive Issue Context in the right-hand sidebar of Jira’s issue view.

Custom Field name

Description

Probability

Agile Hive field to capture the likelihood of a risk occurring, aiding in risk assessment and mitigation planning.

Values available for this field are ‘Very Unlikely’, ‘Unlikely’, ‘Likely’, ‘Very Likely', ‘Almost Certain’, and ‘Unspecified’.

Impact

Agile Hive field to assess and record the potential consequences or significance of a risk, aiding in prioritization and mitigation planning.

Values available for this field are ‘Insignificant’, ‘Minor’, ‘Moderate’, ‘Major’, ‘Catastrophic’, and ‘Unspecified’.

Exposure

Status
colourPurple
titlereadonly

Calculated automatically based on user input for Probability and Impact. See the table below for more details.

Residual Probability

Agile Hive field to track the likelihood of a risk after implementing mitigation measures, enabling effective risk management and decision-making.

Values available for this field are ‘Very Unlikely’, ‘Unlikely’, ‘Likely’, ‘Very Likely', ‘Almost Certain’, and ‘Unspecified’.

Residual Impact

Agile Hive field to track the potential consequences or significance of a risk after implementing mitigation measures, facilitating ongoing risk management and decision-making.

Values available for this field are ‘Insignificant’, ‘Minor’, ‘Moderate’, ‘Major’, ‘Catastrophic’, and ‘Unspecified’.

Residual Exposure

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titlereadonly

Calculated automatically based on user input for Residual Probability and Residual Impact. See the table below for more details.

Formula for calculated (Residual) Exposure fields

intermediate

(Residual) Impact

Unspecified

Catastrophic

Major

Moderate

Minor

Insignificant

(Residual) Probability

Unspecified

Status
titleintermediate

Status
titleintermediate

Status
titleintermediate

Status
titleintermediate

Status
titleintermediate

Status
titleintermediate

Almost certain

Status
titleintermediate

Status
colourRed
titleExtreme

Status
colourRed
titleHigh

Status
colourRed
titleHigh

Status
colourRed
titleHigh

Status
colourRed
titleHigh

Very likely

Status
titleintermediate

Status
colourRed
titleintermediateHigh

Status
colourRed
titleintermediateHigh

Status
colourRed
titleHigh

status
Status
intermediate
colour
Red
titleintermediateHigh

Status
colourYellow
titleintermediatemedium

Almost certainLikely

Status
titleintermediate

Status
colourRed
titleExtremeHigh

Status
colourRed
titleHigh

Status
colourRed
titleHigh

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colourRedYellow
titleHighmedium

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colourRedYellow
titleHighmedium

Very likelyUnlikely

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titleintermediate

Status
colourRed
titleHigh

Status
colourRed
titleHigh

Status
colourRedYellow
titleHighmedium

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colourRedYellow
titleHighmedium

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colourYellow
titlemedium

LikelyVery Unlikely

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titleintermediate

Status
colourRed
titleHigh

Status
colourRed
titleHigh

Status
colourRedYellow
titleHighmedium

Status
colourYellow
titlemedium

Status
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titlelowmedium

Unlikely

Status
title

Milestone

All Custom Fields listed below are available only for issues configured for Milestone functionality in Agile Hive Project Settings. Custom Fields listed below are supported for projects on

Status
colour

...

Green
title

...

Portfolio
,
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colour

...

Blue
title

...

Large solution
,
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colour

...

Red
title

...

ART

...

Status
colourYellow
titlemedium

, and

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...

Purple
title

...

Team

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Very Unlikely

...

Status
titleintermediate

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level.

Custom Field name

Description

Milestone Date

Agile Hive field to capture the due date for a milestone event.

Users can select a single date using a Date Picker.

WSJF

All Custom Fields listed below are available only for default issue types (this excludes issue types configured for Risk, Objective, and Milestone functionality in Agile Hive Project Settings). Custom Fields listed below are supported for projects on

Status
colour

...

Green
title

...

Portfolio
,
Status
colour

...

Blue
title

...

Large solution
, and
Status
colour

...

Red
title

...

ART

Milestone

Custom Field name

Description

Milestone Date

Agile Hive field to capture the due date for a milestone event.

Users can select a single date using a Date Picker.

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level.

Please note that for the WSJF Value field to properly calculate and display values all other fields listed below need to be set for an issue.

Custom Field name

Description

User Business Value

Agile Hive field to capture the User Business Value for WSJF prioritization.

Users can select one option from an adjusted fibonacci sequence: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, 40, 100.

RROE (Risk Reduction / Opportunity Enablement)

Agile Hive field to capture the Risk Reduction / Opportunity Enablement (RROE) for WSJF prioritization.

Users can select one option from an adjusted fibonacci sequence: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, 40, 100.

Time Criticality

Agile Hive field to capture the Time Criticality for WSJF prioritization.

Users can select one option from an adjusted fibonacci sequence: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, 40, 100.

Job Size

Agile Hive field to capture the Job Size for WSJF prioritization.

Users can select one option from an adjusted fibonacci sequence: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, 40, 100.

WSJF Value

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titlereadonly

Calculated automatically based on user input for User Business Value, RROE, Time Criticality, and Job Size.

Please note that all WSJF fields listed above need to be set in order for WSJF Value to be calculated properly.

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