Is there any way to change a scrum board to kanban?

[Deleted user]

Hi, I wanted to see if I could change an existing scrum board to kanban in a Jira Cloud software project.

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @[deleted] 

Are you working with a Team Managed project or a Company Managed project?

For a Company Managed project, no, you can't change the board type. Instead you have to create a new board of the desired type for the project.

For a Team Managed project you can change the board by turning off the Sprints feature in Project Settings.

[Deleted user]

@Trudy Claspill thanks!

So if I wanted to switch to a Kanban board, should I create a new one and migrate all the issues?

[Trudy Claspill]

Boards (for Company Managed projects) are based on Filters that select which issues to display. The issues are not "in" the board. The issues are contained in Projects.

You can have multiple boards that displays the same or overlapping sets of issues, based on the filters those boards use.

If you want your board to display all the issues in a single project, follow these steps:

1. From the global navigation at the top of the page, select the search field (or press /) and select Go to all: Boards. Then select Create board in the upper right of the screen.

2. In the modal that pops up, choose Create a Kanban board.

3. Selectto base your board on one or more existing projects (you need the Browse Projects permission for both options).

4. In the next screen give your board a name, select the Project you want to show in the board, and select the same Project as the location for your board.

5. Click the Create button

Both the Scrum board and the Kanban board will be available for your project. If you are absolutely sure you don't want the Scrum board or any of the history of sprints for that board, you can delete it.