Using one Scrum board to aggregate multiple projects

[James Owen]

Is it possible with utilizing Jira to create one scrum board for multiple projects if so is it easier to do this utilizing JQL, or the filters? Or if this cannot be done directly with Jira are there any extensions in the Atlassian market place that could do something of this nature. 

[Lennart · Accepted solution]

Hello @James Owen, of course you can do this. It's built in and easy.

All you have to do is write your Board-Filter to include those multiple projects.

To give you and idea on how  the JQL could look like (it's written blind actually)

Project in ("one", "two", "three") AND component in ('mobile', 'web', 'desktop') AND StatusCategory="Open"

Please mind including as less issues as possible by keeping an eye on your JQL.

[Tyler Brown]

Hey James,

You can absolutely create a Scrum board with multiple projects in it.

In your JQL for the board just include: "project in (projectname1, projectname2, projectname3)"

You shouldn't need any add-ons.

[Tony Murphy]

I am now using cloud version Jira and looking to do the above. But my question is. Do the boards need to be the same as each team has slightly different columns and workflows?