Jira Epic - what is it?

Developed by the Australian IT company Atlassian, JIRA is primarily used in the IT industry as a tool for problem tracking, troubleshooting, and project management. An Epic in Jira is usually a more complex work application that can be divided into multiple sprints.

This is Jira Epic

Jira is designed to better support teams of all types in working together flexibly and solving problems effectively. The basis of this way of working is the Scrum method, which is an innovative form of agile project management. In this context, an Epic is defined as follows:

• An Epic is an extensive piece of work that is divided into smaller "problems" in Jira.
• The Epic is therefore usually worked on by multiple workgroups and sometimes also within different projects.
• So-called sprints, a concept from the Scrum methodology, are compressed and clearly defined units of work that are used to complete an Epic.
• Through continuous customer feedback, the development of an Epic always remains agile and flexible.

How Epics are worked with in Jira

First, an Epic is created in Jira via the panel. Then, details are added to the respective Epic in Jira. New tasks are each created in the Epic so that all work steps can be tracked precisely. Nach der Bearbeitung, die in der Regel von mehreren Teams übernommen wird, kann ein Epic in Jira abgeschlossen werden.