Using Jira for multiple projects

Question

Hey!
I have 4 systems and 1 feature team working on them. We work according to the Scrum methodology, in two-week sprints. Each sprint always contains several tasks regarding each of the 4 systems.
I would like to ask if we are running projects in Jira in the right way.

1. I created 4 separate projects, for each of the systems A, B, C, D; We can say that these projects are the backlog of each system;

2. Then, I created the 5th separate project, in which the team and I work on the sprint tasks. This mrans, that from each of the 4 projects in Jira, I moved Tasks to the 5th - where we execute and close the tasks.

In your opinion, is this approach correct?

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Short answer is "no" - a working process does not include moving issues to other projects.

If you're working Scrum, then your team will have a scrum board, in which they are running the sprints.  A board is a selection of issues, it's not a part of a project, so all you need to do is set up your board so that it pulls in all the issues from all four projects.

Mohamed Benziane · Answer

Hi,

Welcome to the community.

It's seems that one project can be enough for you. I would go for one project and create component for each system to distinguish task.

Then create one scrum board that will look for issue from this project.