R&D ideas - where do I store them?

[Thayne Munson]

I have request to establish an area within JIRA where research and development ideas could be analyzed without impacting current projects and boards.  My first thought was to create a separate JIRA Project and use it specifically for this purpose and then use the MOVE function to transition it to a JIRA board where the idea could be developed.  Are there any specific tools available for this type of R&D activity that would easily port to JIRA?  Thanks.

[Ravi Sagar _Sparxsys_]

Hi @Thayne Munson 

Yes you can try Confluence which is ideal for storing ideas.

• You can create a space in Confluence
• Create pages within that space
• Pages can have templates as well
• People can then brainstorm on those ideas
• They can comment on pages
• Pages can be linked to issues in Jira, for example when idea is ready for PoC or implementation then link that page to an Epic
• Confluence page will always show up to date status of the linked issue

I hope it helps.

Ravi

[Thayne Munson]

Thanks Ravi.