Scrumban with Jira

Fabian Bröscky

Hello There,

Im was asked to enable ScrumBan in our Team. The Goal is to use all ScrumFeatures without fixed Sprints. 

As recommended i created a new Kanban board with the backlog function. In the backlog-view there are two tables, but the top one shows only all Issues which have the statue "ToDo". On The scrumboard the first one in the backlog view is mirroring the Board. 

Is there any way that the table on the kanban board has the same features as the one on the scrumboard? But obvisously without the timebox? 

 

Hoping desperatly for help!

 

Bill Sheboy

Hi @Fabian Bröscky 

Short answer: Out-of-the-box Jira Cloud does not support intermixing *all possible* features of the different board types.  I recommend identifying what your team wants to help effectively manage value-delivery, decide which board type to use, select that one, and mitigate any gaps found, possibly with marketplace apps or additional measurement.

 

Jira Cloud, projects and boards support many of the basic / commonly-used ideas for teams using the Scrum Framework or simple Kanban practices.  Yet, some features are not available for both once a type has been selected (i.e., Scrum or Kanban).

And, you note the idea of using "Scrumban", which was originally suggested as a tool to help teams mature from basic Scrum ideas to more flow-based ones in Kanban practices.  (Even the latest two versions of "The Scrum Guide" embrace the idea of using flow-based ideas more, such as with concepts from Donald Reinertsen and Daniel Vacanti.)

There are explanations of Kanban methods which support using cadenced activities in support of improving / maintaining flow (e.g., from David Anderson).  However you seem to be describing a focus on Scrum (and the generally accepted practices that go with it), so perhaps use a Scrum board / features, and identify what else the team wants to help them manage flow.

 

Kind regards,
Bill