Rich Sparks Atlassian Team

There's not a simple answer to how you can move your data from Jira Align back to Jira; it really depends on which features of Jira Align your teams are already using. For example, if you're using Dependency Management in Jira Align, there isn't a corresponding capability in Jira or Aha for that, so you'll need to create a…

From the Administration | Portfolio section, you can change the scorecard. Pick the Portfolio you want, then change the Score Card (and intake form and business case fields if you want to change those too.)

In addition to @Rodrigo Cortez 's answer about the specifics, I assume you've read this already and looked at the specific documentation that's available in your Jira Align instance: https://help.jiraalign.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045371954-Getting-started-with-the-REST-API-2-0

One other item to consider: Jira Align does have API's that are available for updating many of the items in Jira Align. There are API's for updating users (to add them to teams), so you may be able to do this programmatically as well, assuming you have some sort of team directory outside of Jira Align. You can read more…

Are you using Jira Cloud? This sounds like a problem we see when integrating Jira Align with Jira Cloud, and email address is not public in the user's Atlassian ID profile. This article by Don Miller in the Align team explains what causes the problem and how to address it.…

Getting the list of System Roles is not currently available. Keep checking the Align Release notes as we're releasing new APIs on a regular basis. You can see the list of APIs available by checking at [your Align instance].jiraalign.com/rest/align/api/docs/index.html

The Personas attribute is available on the Story work object in Align, but your system administrators need to make sure it is visible. They can set the attribute's visibility in the Administration | Details Panel Settings. See below: If that attribute is on, you'll see it in the Full Details section of the Story panel: And…

Great article, @Mark Cruth One of things that's important in the example you described is that the portfolio team was trying to prioritize among 40 different epics. That's a lot to work with, but it's still manageable. When an organization is trying to prioritize across a backlog of 100 or 200 epics, then it becomes…

My colleague @Rae Gibbs had a great alternative recommendation for how to handle training. I suggested you have a standard set set of scenarios in you test instance, or in a separate environment. This is so people can experiment and try things out in a safe environment. Rae reminded me you can do the same thing by having a…

I agree with my friend Jesse's point about trying to get to a predictable cadence for delivery. If your teams can get into a regular cadence of planning and delivering what was planned, it can lead to great benefits for your customers and your company. The other thing to remember is there's nothing magical about having a…

Once that is turned on, you'll see a '+' sign to the right of the Programs option in your Epic. Click the '+' and you'll get a new field for adding other programs. One thing to remember: if the different programs have different PI cadences, you need to include both PIs in the Epic's Program Increment field. In the example…

Yes, you can do this. You can even vary it by Jira project if you want. However, we don't recommend that because it becomes an administrative burden to keep things in synch. In Align's configuration for integration with Jira, there's a spot where you can define how Jira states map to Align states (and vice versa.) Align…

Align integrates with Jira to keep the relevant work items synchronized. Align synchronizes with Jira epics, stories and sub-tasks. If you have other custom issue types in Jira, you can set up Align synchronization so those issues are brought into Align as a Story with a specific Story Type. So if you're using Zephyr to…

For additional details, you can read this article in Community: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Align-articles/How-to-Configure-State-Mappings-between-Jira-Software-and-Jira/ba-p/1253519 And the Jira Integration guide in the Jira Align help system has even more information:…

When you set up the connection between Align and Jira, you need to tell Align how to map the Jira issue state to one of the Align states. This is done in the Administration screens and needs to be done for each Jira project that you connect to Align. (Different Jira projects may have different workflows, so that's why it…

Custom Hierarchies are intended to be used for the sort of cross-cutting reporting you might be looking for. A few common uses we've seen are * Understanding which Systems are involved in new features or epics: the work breakdown (portfolio epic/program feature) don't necessarily match up to the IT assets that support the…

There is support in Align for integrating Jira Custom issue types as Stories but not as Features. You can read about how to map custom issues as stories in this Community article. https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Align-articles/Jira-and-Jira-Align-Integration-Configure-Custom-Issue-Type/ba-p/1262002

The team usually gets back in a day or two. I can follow up with them. The on-premise software is exactly the same as the cloud-based software. It has all the same functionality. Support is a bit more complicated, since your team will have to do all the installation and configuration. We have releases every two weeks, and…

There isn't an evaluation license for Align, but you can evaluate it for functionality by signing up for a Launchpad instance. Launchpad is a fully-functional demo instance that you can use for a limited period of time. You can sign up for it here (if you haven't already.) https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/align When…

To run a query from Jira Align Administration, first go to the Align Administration option: Then click on Jira Integration tab, and that will give you an option for which projects to include. You can add JQL options such as - issuetype: to narrow your query down to specific issue types - createdDate: to narrow down…

Your Jira Align administrator can assist you with refreshing all your data from Jira. It can be run from the Jira Settings option in the Align Administration options.

Yes, Features can be Accepted even if all the stories are not accepted, and this is by design. It may be the case that the Product Manager (or Chief Product Owner or whomever is responsible for the Feature) decides that it is good enough even though all the stories are not completed. The Product Manager may decide some of…

In addition to what @Peter Jessen said, you might look a little further into the Process Step View. In that case, you can set up Development Value Streams that can be shared across many programs in Align. That allows you to have your own view of the work that's in each iteration. You can map your team's states to Align…

@Daniel Hursh How are you representing objectives in Jira? Do you have a solution now, or are you hoping to have a way to do it in the future?

@Karin van Driel The Jira instances can be different versions. So if you're using Cloud for one group and Data Center for another and Server for another, it can all be brought together in Align.

This is still true. An on-premise version of Align is available, but it costs more than the more commonly used cloud version.

Being able to sort the Status Reports by epic health (which would be a subjective assessment) is a great suggestion. Please consider submitting it via the Align Ideation portal. You can get a similar outcome by looking at the Roadmap for Epics and making the Sort Criteria "Health: Worst - Best". Add the Notes column in the…

Mark, I think we can meet your needs using Development Value Streams in Align. We can set up a value stream to include the steps you laid out (Submitted > In Review > Verified (as having enough scope) > Planning > In Approval (at which point it integrates with JIRA) > Ready to Start > etc) And we can map those interim…

This is very important for the teams using Jira Cloud. Thanks for writing this out!

It is the Training Simulations within the Checklist function that you're looking for.