I want to create epics that multiple projects can assign issues to

[Kyle Bagley]

We have 3 teams (backend, frontend, and mobile) that share many of the same Epic objectives. I do not want to create 3 different epics, one per project, because that doesn't make sense for organization purposes. 

How can I allow an epic to span multiple projects?

[Ravi Sagar _Sparxsys_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Kyle Bagley 

You can do that, create a project that will contain Epics and then create a board that will include all the projects in scope include the one with Epics.

It will not work with Next-gen projects though.

Ravi

[Kyle Bagley]

I use next gen cloud Jira. So this isn't possible for me?

[Ravi Sagar _Sparxsys_]

Yes use classic projects if you want to do that.

[John Funk]

Hi Kyle - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Yes, an Epic can be linked it issues across multiple projects for Classic Software Projects. 

[Kyle Bagley]

I use next gen cloud Jira. 

[John Funk]

In my testing, no you cannot link multiple project issues to a Next-gen Epic. Only issues on that Next-gen project can be linked to that Epic.