How do I change a kanban board to be scrum instead?

[Melissa Appel]

This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: Configuring a board

I am just getting starting with a team on Agile. I have done Agile development project management in the past, but this is my first time using JIRA. I started with a Kanban board and have a bunch of epics, user stories, etc. but now I'm thinking of changing over to Scrum instead of Kanban. Is there an easy way to copy or move all of my existing stuff over to a Scrum board without having to start over from scratch or move each individual item? Thanks!

[Melissa Appel]

So apparently this is already answered. Simply create a new Scrum board under the same project that has the Kanban board, and then you can see the project in either Scrum or Kanban or go back and forth.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Please be aware that boards are not "under a project", and that's why this works.

A board exists.  It selects issues and allows you to work with them.  Often, it will be selecting "project = xyz", but they can select from many projects, or take parts of projects rather than the whole.  If you delete a board, it doesn't touch the project and if you delete a project, the board remains (even though it may no longer have anything to select)

[Andreas Gala]

If you landed here because you want the Project Settings to change (they are different for Kanban and Scrum projects) you may be interested in Atlassian's suggestion for how to migrate between these project types. 

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwarecloud/migrate-between-next-gen-and-classic-projects-957974933.html

[Ken Curtis]

Thank you, I found your post to be very helpful!

[Bart Meerveld]

Yes, you can have multiple boards under one project. No need to transfer anything, just create a new scrumboard.

[David Leal]

Under Scrum Board, it is possible to create sprints. Let's say we have two Scrum boards, then would be possible to have a story in Board1 and Board2, what happens if I move the given story from Backlog to Sprint1 in Board1, what I would see in Board2? The active Sprint for Board2 is Sprint1 only, therefore the Sprint2 has not started for this Board 2. I would like to understand what I expect to see on Board2 under this scenario.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Any changes to an issue will be shown on a board that shows that issue. 

In the scenario you give, your story would show as being in sprint1, on both board1 and board2.

[Dave Ingram]

Actually, it seems that in NextGen it just got easier... here is a video demo...

https://youtu.be/PwRbSm43S7g 

[Dave Ingram]

And here is how to reinstate your issues to the correct columns on your board after that....

https://youtu.be/Mx1TmDBHvkc