Merging Two Projects to one

[Solomon Abrtaham]

My two teams are thinking about merging into one but we need to still have a separation due to it being two different products being developed that rely on each other. what would be the best way to do this?  

[John Funk]

Hi Solomon - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Since these are two distinct teams, I would leave them in two distinct Jira projects. But then I would create a new board that uses a board filter which shows issues from both projects. This is all assuming that both projects are Company-managed projects. 

[Solomon Abrtaham]

Thank you @John Funk

I wanted to make sure that would be the best option. Have a wonderful day!

[John Funk]

Thanks, you, too. 

[Jeroen Poismans]

Hi and welcome to the community!

Why do you want to merge the projects if it's still 2 different products with probably own releases, backlogs ...

The mergeing of 2 teams does not necessarily mean you need to merge the 2 projects which clearly represent 2 different products. Can you elaborate a bit on the "why" (why you think it is necessary to merge?)

Jeroen

[Solomon Abrtaham]

Hello Jeroen, 

Thank you for your quick response and welcome. 

Project 1 was originally built a decade ago and has since undergone continuous updates. On the other hand, Project 2 is a new initiative categorized under the same directive as Project 1. Currently, we have 2 distinct teams working on these projects, and our goal is to merge them into a unified board where developers have the flexibility to select tasks from either project. Our release cycles are synchronized.

I was trying to decide if I should just make a new board on both projects that filters for both Project 1 and 2 so the active Product Owners create cards in their separate backlogs, or if there is a way to merge them but also have a way to distinguish which project an issue is addressing?

Best Regards,

Solomon