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Priority Board turns a Jira project’s backlog into one column per priority. Drag an issue to another column and its real Priority field changes; drag it up or down and its rank changes — the same order your backlog shows.
Set priority by drag and drop
One column per priority of the project’s scheme, with its icon and count. Drop a card to change its priority, or select several cards and move them together. Changed your mind? Undo or Ctrl+Z puts every card back.
Rank inside each priority
The order within a column is Jira’s rank. Drag a card up or down, or use Move up / Move down from its menu, and your Jira board and backlog show the same order.
RICE, WSJF or ICE scores on every card
Pick a scoring framework for the project in View settings → Scoring (a project admin or a Jira admin). Every card then shows its score, such as RICE 1280, or Score when it has none. A click opens the inputs with the formula and the score as you type:
| Framework | Inputs | Score |
|---|---|---|
| RICE | Reach, Impact (0.25 to 3), Confidence %, Effort | Reach × Impact × Confidence ÷ Effort |
| WSJF | Business value, Time criticality, Risk reduction, Job size (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20) | (Value + Time + Risk) ÷ Job size |
| ICE | Impact, Confidence, Ease (1 to 10) | Impact × Confidence × Ease |
Wrong values are refused before saving: an Effort of 0 says “Effort must be more than 0.” The score is saved in the issue, so Jira search finds it: priorityScore > 20. Turn on Sort cards by score and each column lists the highest score first; Jira’s rank stays as it was.
Triage views for the whole team
Split the board into swimlanes by epic, assignee or project, see Overdue and Due in N days marks on every card, and find any issue by key or summary.
Everything a backlog review needs
- Sprints view (Jira Software) — pull prioritized issues into the next sprint, or back to the backlog.
- Boards by any field — add a tab by component, label, fix version or a select field.
- Filters and quick find — Only my issues, assignees, statuses, issue types, created date; Mine and Unassigned.
- Saved profiles and shared views — your own filter sets per project, and views shared with the whole project.
- WIP limits, column sums and card fields — Story Points or estimates per column, the fields you want on cards.
- Export to CSV and a dashboard gadget with issues per priority.
Runs on Atlassian
Priority Board is built on Atlassian Forge. Changes are made as you, with your Jira permissions. Scores are saved in the issue as an issue property. The app stores only your profiles, views and the project’s scoring choice inside your Atlassian site and makes no external calls. See the privacy policy.
Related apps
- Kanban Status Board — drag issues across real workflow statuses, with WIP limits.
- Deadline Tracker — every overdue and upcoming deadline across projects.
- Workload & Capacity Planner — rebalance the team against weekly capacity.
Scoring the backlog first? The free RICE & WSJF calculator ranks items both ways and suggests a Jira priority for each; then set it here by drag and drop. Prefer money to scores? The cost of delay calculator orders jobs by cost of delay divided by duration, and the Eisenhower matrix gives a Jira filter for each of its four boxes.
Wondering why setting Highest does not move an item in your backlog, or why sorting the board by priority switches ranking off? Read our tested Jira backlog guide.
Adding a Blocker level, renaming Highest to P1 or giving a space its own priorities? See what that does to your JQL and saved filters in our tested Jira priority levels guide.
Prioritizing around who is actually available? Read why sprints plan around people who are out. Unsure what should be an epic, a story or a task before you order them? See Jira epic vs story vs task.
Frequently asked questions
Which Jira permissions does the app ask for, and why?
Read and write Jira work, to search issues and change the due date, priority, assignee or status as you; read Jira users, for people in the filters; app storage, for saved views; manage Jira configuration, only because Jira requires it to list the members of a group for the Groups filter; and Jira Software board and sprint permissions for the Sprints view and rank. Every change is made with your own permissions.
Where is my data stored?
Saved views and filters are stored by Atlassian in the app's Forge storage for your site; issues stay in Jira and are changed from your browser, as you. The app makes no outside connections and Simplify has no server.
How much does it cost?
It is free for sites with up to 10 users. Larger sites pay per user through the Atlassian Marketplace, after a free 30-day trial.
Does Priority Board change the real Jira Priority field?
Yes. Dropping a card on a column sets the issue's Priority in Jira, as you and with your permissions; the change is in the issue history like any other edit.
Is the order inside a column saved?
Yes, on Jira Software sites. The order is Jira's rank, so moving a card up or down changes the order your backlog and Jira boards show too.
Does it include RICE or WSJF scoring?
Yes, since November 2026: RICE, WSJF or ICE, one framework per project, chosen in View settings by a project admin or a Jira admin. The score shows on every card, is saved in the issue and can be searched with JQL, for example priorityScore > 20. Cards can be sorted by score inside each column; Jira's rank is not changed.
Where is the score stored?
On the issue itself, as an issue property (simplify-priority-score), written with your permissions. Anyone who can see the issue can see its score, and JQL can search it. People without permission to edit the issue see the inputs read-only.
Can I undo a priority change?
Yes. The message after a move has Undo, and Ctrl+Z (⌘Z on a Mac) does the same — also for several cards moved at once.
Where is my data stored?
Issues stay in Jira. The app stores only your saved profiles and views, in its Forge storage inside your Atlassian site; nothing is sent outside Atlassian.
Get Priority Board for Jira
Free up to 10 users. Install it from the Atlassian Marketplace.