Kanban vs. Scrum with Advanced Roadmaps

Question

So I'm a bit rusty on my Jira skills so please bear with me. There's a renewed interest in using Jira in my company so I'm brushing up on my skills.

A project can have both a Kanban board and a Scrum board, right? Kanban is more about rapidly finishing issues whereas Scrum is about planning and sprints (simplified version,I know). Am I correct that a project can have both boards? If that's the case Sprints have to be finished or closed to archive  "Done" issues. However, if there's a Kanban board on the project what happens with issues that are done there? Is there a process similar to closing Sprints for Kanban?

On a similar note I upgraded to Premium to make use of the Advanced Roadmaps. I noticed that when an issue is Done and a Sprint is closed the issues remain on the Roadmap. Do I have to mainly remove those issues from Roadmaps? Is it essentially a process of both marking issues as Done, Completing Sprints and removing the issue from the Roadmap?

Thanks in advance!

John Funk · Answer

Hi Michael,

Yes, you are correct in that a Classic Software project can have both a Kanban ans Scrum board.

To clear Done issues from a Kanban board you simply to a release against the board. Or you can select a setting in the Board Settings that causes the Done issues not to appear on the board after a week or two weeks.

I have not used the Advanced Roadmap feature yet - on my list that I hope to get to soon. So not sure what would clear them off. I suspect it is tied to an Epic in some way and whether the Epic is Done/Closed or not.

Ste Wright · Answer

Hi @Michael Arndt

A few different questions here!

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Projects & Boards:

* Projects & Boards are separate entities in Jira.
* In its simplest form, a project is a collection of issues, whilst a board is a visualisation of an issue filter.
* This means that yes - a project can be a part of multiple board filters, and multiple boards can be located under the same project.
* Note: This only applies to Classic Projects/Boards - Next-Gen projects differ and each project has just one board.

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Kanban Boards & Done Issues:

There are a few options for archiving Done issues on Kanban Boards. Both the below options can be accessed via Board Settings > General:

* Hide: There's an option in Kanban Board to "hide completed issues older than" - this can be set to 1, 2 or 4 weeks - or not at all!
* Sub-Filters: Kanban Boards have sub-filters; this allows for additional refinement on the board's main filter to hide groups of issues from the board, whilst still counting them in the report metrics. The default sub-filter hides issues in released or archived fixVersions - fixVersion in unreleasedVersions() OR fixVersion is EMPTY
* Note: This only applies to Classic Boards - for Next-Gen, "Done" issues are archived after 14 days, or can be manually archived from via the options-icon on the "Done" column

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Advanced Roadmaps:

* Completed issues aren't removed from Plans by default.
* This is because the roadmap is an overall view of progress - included completed / incomplete work
* You can filter a Plan though - look for the "Filter" button in line with the Hierarchy options. In here you can filter for statuses, allowing you to exclude "Done" issues

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If you have any further queries, please let us know!

Ste