Recommendation on Jira Board setup for engineering org with 8 teams using one Space

[David Ludwig]

Hi,

Looking for recommendation for a Jira board setup for a small organization with 8 teams of 1-3 engineers to migrate from single Kanban board with 8 swimlanes (one per team) within one Jira Space and Jira tickets use Components for each swimlane to divide the work. Goal to migrate all teams to using a Scrum board approach, unified method for reviewing progress across all teams and minimize the overhead of using Jira with Scrum.

Our company uses Enterprise Jira. What is the best approach? Have all 8 teams setup individual Scrum boards and continue to leverage the Jira backlog of tickets with components for each team? How do we manage across the 8 Scrum boards? Any Jira documentation on best approach for this scenario?

Thank you,

Dave

[Viswanathan Ramachandran]

Hi, You can create 8 individual Scrum boards using existing saved filters based on Components.

1. This gives each team independent backlogs and sprints without moving tickets.
2. Use Plans (Advanced Roadmaps) to pull all 8 boards into one master timeline for high-level progress and dependencies.
3. Sync all teams to the same 2-week sprint dates.
4. Hold joint Sprint Planning, Retrospective across teams instead of 8 separate meetings.

Note: I'm not recommending a single Scrum board with Quick Filters for all 8 teams because you end up with sprint clutter and backlog chaos. Sprint reports won't be accurate.