Product operations

[Dana Weinbaum]

Hi,

I'm a new product ops manager, trying to get the most of what Jira has to offer.

I'm trying to create a project to capture, prioritize and manage all of the product ops tasks. I wonder what project type would be best suited for that. The way I'm going to create tickets is:

Themes (3 main themes I'm focusing on for the next year or so) ->

Initiatives (ideas within a theme that I would like to touch on) > Epics -> Stories

I want to be able to see everything on a strategic roadmap board, where I can see the initiatives/epics/stories spread out across different weeks/months, grouped by the different themes (so 3 rows for the 3 themes, multiple columns for the months, and in the different cells I can organize the different init/epics/stories).

The next step would be to use the same type of strategic roadmap board to present the company's roadmap.

Appreciate any thought or idea

[John Funk]

Hi Dana - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

I would use a Company-managed Jira Software project. It is the most powerful and flexible type of project and the best suited one for doing advanced roadmaps which can take advantage of Initiatives and levels above Epics. 

[Joseph Hansbrough]

Re-posting this from the welcome center post, but Jira Product Discovery seems like something to look into: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/product-discovery

[Aaron Geister _Trundl_]

@Dana Weinbaum 

The new product discovery project are amazing for these types of management. 

I will highlight a few reasons why. 

* Idea management

* When product ideas are refined and ready you can great multiple epics for multiple teams to start the work. 

* Idea and product life cycle management full circle. 

* Multiple views of different do data points

* Effort vs impact graph

The link was provided in the first comment. Just taking time to add to the reasoning for JPD being a great choice.