Is there a way to link group of issues to one issue in JIRA?

We would like to start using JIRA with GH for deployment/change management also. The proposed workflow for a Task/Story is as follows:

Backlog -> Open (added in the Sprint) -> In progress (coding) -> Resolved (code committed, work done) -> To Request for Change (Create a issue RFC-x which includes group of issues in the Sprint) ->

From here we track this RFC-x in开发者_C百科 new workflow:

In test system -> Being tested -> Verified by QA -> Approved by Management -> Deployed to Production -> Verified by end user

Is there a way to link group of issues in one Sprint or Version with an issue easily?

Using links is one approach

You can always link issues using the issue link feature provided by JIRA http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Linking+Issues

There is a plugin which helps you track the links https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/wiki/display/ILR/JIRA+Issue+Links+Report+Plugin
or the links hierarchy report https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/5003

You can even take it a notch higher by automating state transitions between issues.
We described the concept of separating specifications and tasks here: http://www.idalko.com/display/WIC/Separation+of+specifications+and+tasks

Another approach would be to include your RFC-x as part of the sprint, and group all the issues which are related using a fix Version. The request for change allows you to track the status of the deployment, in the context of a certain version without the need to manage the links between the issues and the RFC.

For grouping issues, you might want to take a look at the Structure plugin - it's still in early Beta though. Would love to hear feedback and feature requests.

Igor