Office hours: When to use Scrum vs Kanban

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Thanks to everyone who came out to Startups office hours last week! @Peggy Graham, @Rachel Fischer, and I had a lot of fun digging into your questions — that is, between Peggy's trips to the hardware store to get settled into her new Florida home. 😵‍💫 Hopefully, those trips turn into trips to Disney soon! 🤞

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Question of the week

Q: What are the differences between Scrum and Kanban boards in Jira?

A: Such a good question from office hours last week! Peggy answered this one live last week, but I thought it'd be worth writing up for our favorite startup community. 😜

To show the differences, here's a Scrum board and a Kanban board in the same project using the same filter. There are some differences you can see right off the bat:

The one on the left is Kanban; the right is Scrum.

Kanban	Scrum
The board in Kanban is just called Kanban board.	The Scrum board is called Active sprints.
The Backlog is a column within the Kanban board.	The Backlog is its own page, separate from the Active sprints page.
With Kanban, everything shows up immediately in the Backlog column on the Kanban board.	The Scrum board assumes you're going to work in sprints, so the Active sprints board is empty until you create and start a sprint.

So, if you want to use sprints, create a scrum board. If you don't, use Kanban.

Tip: If you use sprints, you can have both board types in the same project. The team can work out of the Scrum board for active sprints, with a Kanban board or two just for reporting.

If you'd like more detail on this, sign up for office hours and we’ll dig in!

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Peggy’s Picks 🎁

To close out, here are a few of my favorite (Atlassian) things for you:

• Share content externally with public Confluence links

• Trigger Jira notifications in Slack

• Remove filler words and silences with Loom AI

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[Andy Gladstone]

Great topic for startups looking to use Atlassian tools for the first time. Or even those who have some experience with the tools, this is a great review on how to set up projects for success.

[Julie Pinto]

Thanks @Andy Gladstone! Although I give full credit to @Peggy Graham - she answered this one without skipping a beat 👏