Using Epics as Themes..... or a better way to group user stories?

Question

Hi,

I've been trying to find a good way to group like user stories.  Themes seem to be the accepted Agile way of doing this.  Theme's don't seem to be supported by Jira/Greenhopper but there are many posts by other users on the web encouraging users to substitue Epics for Themes to accomplish this goal.  I'm by no means a purist so if this can work i'd love to do it..... problem is I can't figure out how to us Epics in this capacity eithers.

Again, i want to group like User stories together so that they can be easily filtered by group etc.  Any help would be appreciated.

Very Best,

Jay Wightman - Aligned Global

Jay Wightman · Answer

Thanks Vishwajeet.  I looked at that option but unfortunately we need to use Components for thier intended purpose in the project I'm currently configuring.  Perhaps that's a workaround for other projects though.

Vishwajeet Singh · Answer

One way would be to use components , though components logically imply something else but it can be used as a workaround.