What you didn’t know your Jira migrations were missing: Project reporting!📊⚡

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Yes, Jira migrations also qualify as an enterprise transformation, as in most cases, they aren't “just” an IT move. They are an operating model change given that workflows are redesigned, fields and projects are rationalized, and different areas such as finances, HR, project managers, program managers, delivery teams, and even executives will be affected.

This is precisely why reporting shouldn't be dismissed during this process. All the previously mentioned areas depend on reliable Jira data to make decisions. That’s why having disciplined, repeatable reporting before, during, and after the migration is essential.

Reporting is what tells you what changed, where work is stuck, and whether delivery performance is actually improving once you move to Atlassian Cloud.

Justifying your move to Atlassian Cloud nowadays would be redundant. In fact, by leaving aside your legacy setup, you might save your company up to 370 million. A more controlled, measurable operating model is always more profitable.

What’s the point of creating reports for projects during the chaos of migrating?

Establishing a reporting cadence for the Project Management Office provides constant status updates across the whole journey. e.g.:

1. Before migration: understand the current workload and throughput.
2. During migration: track what has moved and how data volumes change.
3. After migration: verify nothing was lost and that teams still deliver at the expected pace.

In conclusion, if you treat reporting as a core part of your Jira Cloud journey, you don’t just get a new hosting model; you will also get a project direction that runs on real, timely, trustworthy data. Read more about it!

In this case, this solution helps to power migration validation, audit trails, and automated monthly reports, including status, activity, and closures in formats like Excel or CSV, and it can be plugged into BI tools.

The way you're handling reporting during your Jira Cloud transformation depends on you. Start making smart choices.