What is an epic?
Epic is jargon from software teams, but the idea is general: a goal too big to schedule directly, kept as a container so the smaller pieces stay connected to the reason for doing them. It is useful whenever a goal spans more than one sprint.
What matters here
- A large goal, not a single task
- Contains stories or smaller tasks
- Spans more than one sprint
- Named for the outcome, not the work
- Should be finishable, eventually
Why the container helps
Without one, the smaller tasks drift into unrelated lists and nobody can tell why they matter. An epic is the thread that answers why are we doing these five things.
The naming trap
Epics named after departments, like payments work, never finish. Naming them after outcomes, like customers can pay without emailing support, gives the work a definition of done.
When an epic is too big
If it has been open for a year with no visible progress, split it. A container that never closes is a category, and categories are not plans.
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Disclaimer
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