Adding an Initiative or Theme above Epics

[Lisa Rockhill]

I am looking to add an Initiative Type above Epics in my Team Managed project

I cannot seem to do it -  I can use the Initiative and Themes for Company managed projects but not Team managed ones

Can anyone provide any guidance if they have run into this?

[Trudy Claspill]

Are you using a Standard or Premium subscription for Jira Cloud?

When you say you could do it in your Company Managed project, how exactly did you do that? Are you using a Roadmaps feature to extend the hierarchy?

If you have a Jira Premium subscription you should be able to use the Advanced Roadmaps feature to extend the hierarchy of issues in your Team Managed project. I don't have access to a Premium subscription, so I can confirm that directly.

[Lisa Rockhill]

I am using Jira Premium but I cannot seem to do this for Team  Managed projects

[Trudy Claspill]

As per the FAQ section of this page

https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/features/roadmaps

...Advanced Roadmaps works only with Company Managed projects.

[John Cobbs]

Advanced Roadmaps now works with both CMP & TMP projects types. 

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Advanced-planning-articles/Parenting-a-team-managed-epic-with-a-company-managed-initiative/ba-p/2638197

[Trudy Claspill]

@John Cobbs 

Yes, however, for the benefit of anybody who might see your response and not drill through to the post your referenced...

You cannot incorporate additional levels above Epics directly in the Team Managed projects. Instead you have to create those higher level issues in Company Managed projects. Then through a Plan you can make the Epic in the TM project a child of the higher level issue that exists in a CM project.

[John Funk]

Hey @Lisa Rockhill  - Did you ever get this to work?