An epic is a feature of JIRA which allows you to set up a workflow for your project. It is a feature which is best suited for projects which have multiple components or phases.
Epics are also useful for projects which have a complex workflow, for example, projects with a lot of sub-tasks.
JIRA has a lot of features for managing workflows and you can find many useful plugins for this purpose. However, an epic is a feature which is not very well documented.
In this article, we will go through the basics of how to create an epic in JIRA. We will also see how to create an epic for a project.
We will also see how to create a workflow for a project using an epic.