Set up triggers
With triggers, you can set up an automatic status change so that:
When all the specs or User Stories for a topic or epic are complete, the topic automatically changes to Done.
Conversely, as soon as a task starts, the associated User Story can automatically change to In progress.
For more information about triggers, see this article.
Use computed fields
Each artifact created has a cost, for example a cost in points. In our case, we might want to calculate the total cost of an epic.
Here, the cost of an epic would be the sum of the costs of the associated user stories.
To bring this information back to the epic, we would have to use a computed field.
The computed field will sum the values contained in the field of related artifacts (integer or float) with the same name as itself.
For more information about computed fields, see this article.
Use a workflow
Using the Tuleap workflow, it is possible to automate certain tasks.
In the context of Scrum, it is interesting to use these features.
It will then be possible, for example:
Freeze the initial effort when a story starts to be developed so that no one can change its starting value
Automatically change the remaining effort to "0" when a story is completed
Define a workflow where, for example, a story can't go into the "Done" state if it hasn't gone through the "Review" state
limit who can make changes of status
force you to fill in certain fields
Tuleap will adapt to your workflow which may be constrainedby standards to be respected.
For more information about configuring workflows, see this article.