Sprint Overlay & Jira Integration
See your Jira sprints on the Gantt chart timeline
Sprint planning and long-term scheduling shouldn't live in separate tools. Simple Gantt overlays your Jira sprint boundaries directly on the Gantt timeline, so you see how individual sprints fit into the bigger picture — and which tasks span multiple sprints.
What you get
- ✓ Sprint boundaries rendered as visual columns on your Gantt timeline
- ✓ Cross-sprint task indicators showing which tasks span multiple sprints
- ✓ In-place Jira status transitions — move tasks through your workflow without leaving the Gantt view
- ✓ Custom field mapping — display any Jira field in your task list columns
- ✓ JQL-based data source so you pull in exactly the issues you need
- ✓ Jira issue type icons and assignee avatars throughout the interface
Sprint boundaries on your Jira Gantt chart
When you enable the sprint overlay, Simple Gantt pulls your active and future sprints from Jira and renders them as labeled columns on the timeline. Each sprint's start and end dates are clearly marked, giving you a visual reference for when work is planned to happen.
Tasks that span multiple sprints are flagged with a cross-sprint indicator. This makes it easy to spot work that may need to be split, re-estimated, or discussed in sprint planning. Instead of discovering these mismatches during the sprint, you catch them during planning.
Custom Jira field mapping for your Gantt view
Every Jira instance is different. Your team might track effort in story points, estimated hours, or a custom field specific to your organization. Simple Gantt lets you map any Jira custom field to a column in your task list. Select the fields that matter to your team, and they appear right alongside task names, dates, and assignees.
This means you don't have to choose between your Gantt chart and your Jira data. Both are visible in the same view, updated in real time from your Jira project.
Execute status transitions and manage work in-place
Simple Gantt pulls your Jira workflow configuration and lets you execute status transitions directly from the Gantt chart. Click a task's status to see available transitions, select one, and the change is written back to Jira immediately. No need to open the issue in a separate tab.
Combined with the JQL data source, this creates a focused project management view. Define a JQL query to pull in the exact set of issues you need — whether that's a single epic, a set of labels, or a complex filter — and manage them from a timeline-first perspective with full Jira integration underneath.
Why this matters for agile teams
Agile teams often struggle to connect sprint-level execution with project-level timelines. The product owner needs to know if the project will ship on time; the scrum master needs to know what's in the next sprint. Simple Gantt bridges that gap by showing both views on one timeline.
During sprint planning, teams use the sprint overlay to see which tasks are scheduled for each sprint and whether the workload is realistic. During status meetings, the Gantt chart — complete with sprint boundaries and live Jira statuses — becomes the single source of truth.
Built on Atlassian Forge — sprint data and custom fields are read directly from Jira. Nothing leaves Atlassian infrastructure.