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Multiple Teams Working on Multiple Projects

Rabih Kraidli_pphbr2

We have 3 small teams that are split according to their expertise: Mobile, web and Backend. We have multiple products some mobile and some web. Both requiring APIs from the backend. Now I understand that in Jira, boards are created under a specific project. This tells me that a team running the sprint in that board is working on that specific product it is created under. My case is I have multiple products. And at any time a team is working on stories from multiple projects in a single sprint. My question is that is there anything like a “sprint backlog” that has stories from multiple product backlogs, and independent from any particular project? Also, do I design my sprints as “team sprints” or “product sprints”? How do I set up Jira to handle this ?

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Ganesh Babu_l9dxny

Hi @Rabih Kraidli

See what you can do is create components in your project where in the components would be the different products that your team is working on.

So with the help of the components you can track the amount of work done using the jql query.

And you can manage the backlogs in single project.

If required we can create different boards for every release version of the project.

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Ganesh Babu_l9dxny

Hi @Rabih Kraidli

See what you can do is create components in your project where in the components would be the different products that your team is working on.

So with the help of the components you can track the amount of work done using the jql query.

And you can manage the backlogs in single project.

If required we can create different boards for every release version of the project.

Rabih Kraidli_pphbr2

Hi Ganesh,

Thank you for taking the time to answer. Let me rephrase my question. In Jira, sprints are "attached" to a project. So assume that I have Product A, B, and C. I also have Team 1, 2, 3.

Sprint "T1-1" (sprint 1 of Team 1), could have Product A and Product C. Do I start 2 sprints in PA and PC in parallel? How does Team 1 view his sprint Backlog that has PA and PC items? On the other hand another parallel sprint could be going on in T2 - Sprint "T2-1" that also has items from PA and PB for example. How does Team 2 view their sprint backlog?

Ganesh Babu_l9dxny

Hi @Rabih Kraidli

It´s absolutely possible.

Define a new scrum board that includes the issues you want in the sprint and create the sprint from that board. When you create the board, Jira asks you if it will be for an existing project or for an existing saved filter.

You have to select the second (first you have to create a saved filter that includes all projects you want to managed together, the simplest is project in (PRJ1, PRJ2, PRJ3)) and then the board, both backlog and active sprint views, will include issues from several projects.

Rabih Kraidli_pphbr2

Hi Ganesh, the boards in Jira are created under a specific project, I am assuming you cannot create a board (or a sprint) outside of a specific project. My issue is that I need a board (or sprint) that spans projects. I understand that you can pull in work from other projects with filters, but it's weird to create a sprint or board under a specific project when that sprint is not really completely related to the project and has items from other projects.

Sorry for the repeated re-explanation, but I'm new to Jira and trying to set it up properly.

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