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How does Atlassian do "dogfooding" for delivery workflow using Jira and Jira Plans?

Harvindar Singh January 9, 2025

How does Atlassian use Jira and Jira Plans for delivery workflow? For a significant piece of delivery work that involves multiple teams, how is the workflow organised?

For example:

  • Each team has its own Jira Project and Scrum board (assume the organisation aligns on sprint duration/dates)
  • The program of work uses Jira Plans to tie it all together
  • The program creates Epics that are product increments that deliver every quarter
  • Each team plan out their work creating Jira issue types and link them to the program Epic (i.e. parent link)

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Stephen_Lugton
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January 10, 2025

Hi @Harvindar Singh 

The Atlassian product suite allows you to use workflows how you want to use them, so the examples you've given are all a valid way of using Jira. You don't need to align on sprint duration/dates, in fact I run two teams that both use 2 week sprints that are offset by a week.

Using Plans also you to use custom hierarchy levels (https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/configure-custom-hierarchy-levels-in-advanced-roadmaps/) so we have 2 additional levels above epic; theme and initiative, so we tend to use initiatives for the product increments at the program level and epics (as children of the initiatives) at team level.

Harvindar Singh January 12, 2025

Thanks @Stephen_Lugton 

I found below link in the Jira docs where its using Odyssey & Legend corresponding to Theme & Initiative in relation to your answer.

https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/how-veronica-uses-advanced-roadmaps-cross-project-planning/

 

 

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