Subtasks & hierarchy¶

Large work rarely fits in a single issue. In Specivo you break it down by giving an issue a parent, which turns it into a subtask. The parent becomes the umbrella; the subtasks are the concrete pieces underneath it.

Make an issue a subtask¶

Set the parent issue field on the child to point at the parent. You can do this when creating the issue or later when editing it. To build a parent with several children, create the parent first, then point each child at it.

Build a hierarchy¶

Subtasks can have subtasks of their own, so you can model real structure — an epic with features, each feature with tasks. Specivo supports nesting up to 16 levels deep, which is far more than most teams ever need.

ACME-1  Checkout redesign            (parent)
├─ ACME-2  Cart page
│  ├─ ACME-5  Update line-item layout
│  └─ ACME-6  Wire up quantity stepper
└─ ACME-3  Payment step
   └─ ACME-7  Add saved-card selector

How subtasks roll up¶

Open a parent issue and its subtasks are listed under it, so the parent gives you a single view of all the work beneath it and how far along each piece is. Use the parent to track the whole effort and the subtasks to assign and work the individual pieces.