Can't Start/Complete Sprint - troubleshooting?
Asked by Casey Gould:

Thankfully I am able to start and complete the sprints for this team with my Admin permissions, but I'm stumped as to why two of my managers can't see the Sprint Start button. One of them can see Sprint Complete but hasn't been able to start sprints.

This started about two months ago.

Project details:

* Filter is basic: project = PAY
* Project type: company-managed
* Permissions scheme is the same as other projects that are working fine, same for workflow scheme, screen scheme, and field screen scheme

Both users:

* have edit permissions to the filter
* are board admins
* are project admins
* have basic Jira access
* are in the same groups as each other and a similar user who isn't having trouble

I even created a new "Sprint Manager" project role with permissions to manage sprints and schedule issues and added them to that explicitly.

The one who is project lead can see complete but not start.

What else can I check?

Is there an easy way to compare all permissions between two groups or two users?


Answers:
author: Samuel Gatica
body: Hi [@Casey Gould](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4987051)

Can you please confirm how many projects are returned for the board?

1. Navigate to your board \> ... \> Board Settings \> General
2. You can check the projects returned for your board in the "Projects in board" section

Be aware that you will need to have **Schedule issues** and **Manage Sprints** permissions to all the projects returned in the board filter and in the Sprint.

Best regards

Sam

comments: author: Casey Gould
body: Hi [@Samuel Gatica](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/753028) - That's one of the first things we checked, since it's gotten us on other boards, but no, the filter is set to the one project and only the one project is listed there under filter details, as expected.


author: Samuel Gatica
body: [@Casey Gould](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4987051)

Are you running parallel sprints?


author: Casey Gould
body: No.


author: Michael Yaroshefsky - Visor for Jira
body: Hi [@Casey Gould](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4987051) unfortunately there's no built-in way to do a side-by-side comparison of permissions....but it sounds like you've checked the typical causes for people not being able to start sprints.

I'm going to add a few more ideas you can try, sorry it's not a clear precise answer but as I'm sure you realize sometimes it could be one of ten different things causing the issue!

1. Is the sprint originating from the board that they are admins on?
2. Are there issues on the sprint that reside in other projects (that they may not have permission to)?
3. Do they have view AND edit permissions enabled (probably a weak shot but sometimes view permissions not being turned on can cause this issue).
4. Are there any active sprints that are preventing the start of this one?
5. If all else fails, you can also try clearing the cache or trying a different browser.

Hope one of those solves this for you?

comments: author: Casey Gould
body: Thanks for the ideas, I figured it wasn't going to be an easy answer.

Any specific permissions on 3? For the board or issue or something else?


author: Michael Yaroshefsky - Visor for Jira
body: Hi [@Casey Gould](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4987051) , no problem. For point three I was referring to the board.   

Another potential cause is that you are trying to run parallel sprints (trying to start one sprint while another is in progress) and don't have parallel sprints enabled?

If that's the case here's how to enable parallel sprints:

<https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/use-parallel-sprints/>


author: Casey Gould
body: No on that too - only the one sprint with items from this project.


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