Best set-up advice for single scrum team with multiple products

Lisa Reynolds

If you run 1 scrum team, so 1 sprint at a time, but this team works on multiple products (av. 10)


What are the advantages/disadvantages of setting up jira agile...


With one project with various 'components' for the different products. So create 1 agile board + 1 project.

OR

Set up multiple projects - 1 for each of our products. Then create 1 scrum board which feeds from all these multiple projects.

Thanks!

David G

Solution 1: One Agile Board, One Project

Advantages:

• Easier to maintain if business users outside of IT also add/contribute in JIRA
• Easier maintenance for Roles, users, etc.

Disadvantages:

• More complex custom filters will be needed to discern different products within the project
• Difficult to track product fix versions and releases
• Can't make use of JIRA's build integration
• Excessive versions list needing to list every fix version for every product
• Excessive components list needing to contain components from every product
• Custom fields that pertain to some products may not be relavent for others
• High maintenance to set some fields as required for only some products but not others
• Higher probability of placing Product A's values on an issue designed for Product B
• One project means one workflow, cannot easily adapt to the needs of individual products

Solution 2: One Agile Board, Multiple Projects

Advantages:

• More separation allows for better product customization needs across different products
• Clear and concise product fix versions, only listing results for current product
• Clear and concise component, only listing results for current product
• Can utilize JIRA's Build integration (if you wish)
• Easy to customize project's fields to an individual product's development/support needs
• Custom workflow per product if needed
• Custom Permissions Scheme, Notification Scheme, etc per project if needed
• Can adapt to changing needs, or expired products no longer supported
• Can setup inbound mail handing for issue creation based on product

Disadvantages:

• Higher maintenance for any project that doesn't use a shared workflow
• Higher maintenance and initial setup up for each product
• Business users may add/contribute new issues and select the wrong project
• Fix Versions and components will all need to be managed separately