what is epic in jira
In Jira, an Agile project management tool, an “Epic” is a large user story that can be broken down into a number of smaller stories, or sometimes called “issues” in Jira. It’s a category of work that helps teams organize their tasks and work efficiently.
In the context of software development, Epics often encompass new features, customer requirements, or improvements that involve a significant amount of work, possibly spanning multiple sprints.
For example, if you’re building an e-commerce website, an Epic could be “Build a User Checkout System”. This could then be broken down into smaller stories such as “Create a Shopping Cart”, “Create a Payment System”, “Create an Order Confirmation Page”, etc. Each of these can be worked on independently by different team members, and once all related stories are completed, the Epic is considered complete.
Jira provides functionality to create and manage Epics, allowing you to link stories to their corresponding Epic, track the progress of Epics, and organize your backlog effectively. It’s a great way to keep large projects organized and ensure all team members understand the larger goals of what they’re working on.
