Can a JIRA Issue or Epic be a Compass Component?

Question

*Brand new to Compass, but use JIRA in a mid-level capacity
TLDR: I need a pizza-tracker to follow JIRA issues across multiple teams (multiple issues aligned with a Compass component(?))

I am looking to find a pizza-tracker type utility that can integrate with JIRA to have an overview with dashboard for a set of issues and/or epics that will provide access for about 20 viewers and ~50 "users". It seems like Compass can basically do what I need (not using as intended) other than I am not sure if issues/stories/epics can be treated as a Component that can be tracked in the way I am intending. Or is there another means of tracking multiple JIRA issues that need to pass between teams with a RAG & % type progress dashboard like Compass has?

Jeff Madison · Accepted Answer

Sounds like you need an Atlas Platform project, which you can create by going to https://home.atlassian.com, hitting the Create dropdown at the top, then selecting Project. You can link the various Jira work items to it, add your various viewers/users to it, post status updates, risks, etc. (I am not talking about a Jira project. The overloading of the term "project" within the Atlassian ecosystem is in an awkward phase right now.)

Tomislav Tobijas · Accepted Answer

Hi @kevin.mcmahon ,

To summarize, you could use Compass for this, but you'll probably have to play around w. it.

* Compass is best for grouping and tracking work around software components and architecture, with cross-project visibility.
Note that Compass has it's own pricing.

* Jira dashboards might be a solution for flexible, customizable tracking of items, epics, and progress across multiple teams, including RAG and percentage progress.

If you want a "pizza-tracker" style dashboard with RAG and percentage progress, Jira dashboards are likely your best fit right now. Compass adds value if you want to tie work to software components and architecture, but its dashboarding is more component-centric than issue-centric.

Maybe you've already seen > Compass now has a free learning path you could go through: 🧭 New learning path: Get the most out of Compass! so I would maybe recommend going through that. It can help you get onboarded quite quickly.

Alternatively, you could use basic Jira components if you simply want to group items 👀

Cheers,
Tobi