Nicola Sun Atlassian Team

Hi community, We’re rolling out a couple exciting improvements to make status updates in Goals and Projects easier to write and explore: Draft with Rovo in Goals: Start with a suggested update from Rovo instead of a blank page. Save draft in Goals: Save a draft, return to it, and refine it before publishing. Rovo update…

Goal and Project automations are here! Hi community, We're excited to share something many of you have been asking for - Goals and Projects can now supports automations. This is just the first iteration, so please continue to share your use cases and feedback to help us prioritise the next set automation features. What's…

Hi community, In July we introduced drafting focus area status updates with Rovo in beta, so you could generate a structured update from your focus area instead of manually visiting every sub-focus area, goal, and project to piece it together. Since then, we’ve continued to improve the experience. Here’s what’s new: Richer…

Hi community, Transparency is important but not all work is meant for everyone to see. Some work needs a smaller audience, like confidential strategies, sensitive initiatives, or simply an idea you want to refine before sharing it widely. To support that work, we're rolling out restricted goals, so you can limit an…

Hi everyone, Tracking metrics is essential to understanding whether your goals are on track and giving your teams confidence in the decisions they make. We've shipped several changes to help you tell the story behind your numbers. You can now record a value as of the date it was true rather than the day you entered it,…

Hi community, We know that crafting a good focus area update takes time, effort and collaboration. We’re excited to share that drafts are now supported for Focus area updates, allowing you to save your work and pick up right where you left off. How it works Save, edit and discard drafts: You can save a draft, come back and…

Hi community, We know that as your organisation grows, your Goals directory can get pretty crowded. We’re excited to share a new update designed to help you cut through the noise and get straight to the goals that matters most to you. What’s changing? Soon, you will be able to set a default saved view in the Goals…

Hi community, We’ve heard your feedback on needing more robust ways to authenticate to the Goals and Projects API than personal tokens. We’re excited to share that we now support OAuth 2.0 (both 2LO and 3LO) for our Goals and Projects APIs. What’s changing? New Auth Options: You can now use 2-legged OAuth (2LO) for…

You've told us that writing status updates and chasing dependencies across a portfolio is one of the most time consuming parts of managing goals and projects - so we built two ways to have Rovo do it for you. Building on the AI-powered status updates we launched earlier this year, today we're launching two new capabilities…

Hi community, We’re excited to share a small update that makes it easier to view your goal details within your work. We’ve updated the static goal headings in Jira Plans to interactive Smart Links. What’s changing? If you group your work by Goals in Jira Plans, those goals are now interactive, enabling: Quick previews:…

Hi Goals Community, We know that as your organisation grows, your Goals directory can get crowded. Whether you’re tracking 50 goals or 5,000, finding the ones that need your attention should be easy. What’s changing? We’ve added four powerful new filters to the Goals directory to help you cut through the noise and surface…

Hi community, We're excited to share an update that gives you more control over how progress is tracked in Atlassian Goals. Many of you use deep, cascading goal hierarchies to align your organisation. With the recent launch of Goal Types, a goal's progress was calculated only from its direct success measures which made it…

We’re excited to announce a major update to the Goals app: Goal types. This new feature gives your organization the flexibility to define and use your own goal terminology - whether that’s Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs), Big Rocks, or simply Goals. Alongside this, we’re introducing…

Hi community, You’ve told us that you need more notice and control over when changes land in your organisation so you can plan and prepare accordingly to reduce disruption to existing workflows. Today, we’re excited to share that Goals and Projects now support Atlassian Release Tracks. What’s changing? If your organisation…

Hi community, Nicola here from the Atlassian Goals product team! With Microsoft announcing the retirement of Viva Goals, we understand that transitioning to a new goal-tracking solution can feel daunting. If you’re searching for a new home for your goals, we’re here to help. The good news is that your organisation already…

I am excited to share that you can now track and report on goals using progress metrics! Today, we know there is no consistent way to track and report on goals with metrics. We've heard your feedback loud and clear on needing a better way to track goal progress. With Metrics, you can track and evaluate goal progress in a…

Hi community, There are some exciting changes over the next few weeks that will help to increase the accessibility and visibility of Goals. Changes will begin to rollout starting on April 10 2025 and continue over the next few weeks through April. Goals entrypoint is moving to a new section in Atlassian Home navigation.…

Hi everyone! I'm Nicola, a product manager here at Atlas. We're currently exploring how we can improve the Goals experience so that it can better serve your goal tracking and reporting needs. We've received a lot of feedback requesting metrics (e.g. MAU #, $, % increase) to be added to Goals and we want to learn more…