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Display existing planning hierarchy at the project level

Problem

You cannot see the default hierarchies that exist in GitLab and how they related to other non-parented objects like issues, incidents, and requirements.

Release notes

Right now, the only way you can see the existing hierarchies that relate to your project is to click on one epic at the group level or view parenting structure in the sidebar of an issue. Unfortunately, this does not give you a high-level view of how your epics and issues relate and are structured.

In 14.6, we added the ability to view your existing default issue types, epics, incidents, and requirements at the project level in one simple view. Understanding how you are structured is essential to aligning your team around how you want to structure your work.

This MVC is read-only, but it sets the stage for some new changes that are coming for GitLab and will make this even more valuable: 1) moving epics onto issue types and 2) having groups and projects merge.

Proposal

  • MVC Expose them in the UI at the Namespace (Project/Group) level.

Current:

  • Epic
  • Issue

Stand alone:

  • Requirement

  • Test Case

Next steps (future):

  • Allow adding new work item types
  • Allow parenting and nesting of items

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MVC Solution

⚠ Labeling & copy is not final and needs approval and refinement.

Edited by Alexis Ginsberg