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Epics are large bodies of work that can be broken down into a number of smaller tasks or user stories.
Examples:
July 2020 Journal
2020 Renewal Campaign
CDA.org Accessibility Improvements
Initiatives are collections of epics that drive toward a common goal. In many cases, an initiative compiles epics from multiple teams to achieve a much broader, bigger goal than any of the epics themselves. While an epic is something you might complete in a month or a quarter, initiatives are often completed in multiple quarters to a year.
Examples:
Process: Using Projects in Jira
Projects in Jira are a little different than we are using currently. Projects are used to group tasks, and work similar to how epics work, but projects share a common workflow, teammates, and permission settings.
Examples:
Team-based: Content or Design
Business unit-based: A project can be based on items that are requested from a department or stakeholder
Product-based: A channel, website, or print publication
Granular: Stories and Tasks
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