Vasyl Krokha _Broken Build_ Atlassian Partner

Jira's native burnup chart works fine for single sprints, but falls dramatically short when Agile teams need cross-project visibility, advanced forecasting, or stakeholder-friendly dashboards. While Jira offers a basic "Burnup Chart" in project reports, it's limited to individual sprint analysis and can't be added to…

Agile teams struggle to answer one critical question: "How long does work really take from request to delivery?" While Jira tracks development progress beautifully, it can't measure the complete customer journey from issue creation to resolution. Teams lose visibility into bottlenecks, can't set realistic SLAs, and…

Jira Time in Status feature helps Agile teams uncover one of the most common delivery problems - work items getting stuck in workflow stages. Perhaps a story sits in “In Review” for days, or tasks linger in “Blocked” without anyone noticing. These hidden bottlenecks slow down delivery and leave Scrum Masters and Project…

Hello Atlassian Community! 👋 The Broken Build team is back with another wave of Agile gadget improvements this July. Following our big June release, we’ve continued to refine and supercharge our Jira dashboard apps to help you track work more intuitively than ever. In this post, we’ll cover the July 2025 highlights for…

Jira’s native burndown chart can leave Scrum teams frustrated. It only tracks a single sprint and offers little flexibility, making it hard to see the big picture or adapt to changes. Teams lack insight into multi-sprint progress or cross-team status, and forecasting beyond a basic guideline is impossible. Enter the Scrum…

The Jira Sprint burndown chart visualizes the remaining work in a sprint over time, helping teams monitor daily progress and understand whether they are on track to reach their sprint goal. It's the middle of your team's sprint, and you're starting to feel a bit anxious. Are you on track to deliver everything that was…

We’re thrilled to roll out Agile Reports and Gadgets 8.0, a game-changing release launched on June 19, 2025. This release introduces a smarter, faster UI, powered by Forge, and lays the foundation for future innovation with improved performance, native cloud scalability, and the Runs on Atlassian badge in sight. Whether…

We’re excited to announce the release of Agile Reports and Gadgets 8.0, launched on June 19, 2025 - a major app and user experience upgrade that reshapes how you build and read Jira analytics. This release also marks our first step toward achieving the Runs on Atlassian badge by moving the app to Forge, unlocking stronger…

POV: It's Christmas Eve, and while everyone's hanging stockings, you're hanging your head in despair as you stare at yet another "North Pole Workshop Performance Report". You're Santa, and for the last few years, you've been having a ho-ho-HORRIBLE production cycle time. Luckily, this year, you have a chance to make it…

Nobody likes surprises in project delivery. Yet here we are, sprint after sprint, explaining why our initial forecasts were off. Utilizing tools like the Jira burndown chart seems to help track team progress, manage tasks, and ensure deadlines are met effectively - but does it, really? Let’s quickly review the most common…

Just like knowing how fast you're driving helps you figure out when you'll reach your destination, understanding your team's velocity helps you predict when you'll finish your projects. Velocity in Scrum: how does it work In Scrum, tracking velocity is pretty straightforward. Your team completes work in sprints (usually…

Imagine you're the newly appointed Scrum Master for a software development team at a promising startup. You've inherited a team that's struggling with its Agile processes, and stakeholders are growing increasingly frustrated with missed deadlines and unpredictable delivery. As you dive into your role, you quickly realize…

Cycle time is the amount of time it takes for a task to move from the start to the finish line. In Agile, cycle time helps teams see how quickly they can deliver value to their customers while finding ways to do things faster without sacrificing quality. Cycle time usually complements two metrics: lead time and throughput.…

This demo is what a creative mind is capable of… when you heat it to 38.2 degrees Celsius. Unfortunately, October is not only Apptoberfest time but also cold and flu season, adding to our creative juices fluids of another kind. Our marketing department got hit by a cold right before making this demo, but it looks like it…

Cycle time is the time it takes for a task to go from "started" to "done." The shorter your cycle time, the quicker you're delivering value to your customers. Sounds simple! But knowing your cycle time isn’t enough. To improve it, you need to be able to visualize it, spot patterns, and gain actionable insights - and that’s…

This video is significant for Broken Build in so many ways! It’s our first video for Apptoberfest, Broken Build’s first video advertisement, and the first 2D video our Head of Marketing made with her bare hands (and a bit of Canva). Finally, it’s an undeniable piece of art, and we can’t wait to see your likes and comments…

Sarah, the Project Manager Tiger, is in search of answers again! Her determination is striking, and her methods are... questionable. As always. For those of you who asked us to make a TV show about Sarah, thank you for your support. We’re on the line with Netflix now. There are 317 people in the queue before us, but we’ll…

Jira cycle time measures the total duration from when work on an issue begins (typically when it moves to “In Progress”) until it is completed (“Done”). This metric helps Agile teams understand delivery speed, evaluate workflow efficiency, and identify bottlenecks. Jira cycle time charts visualize this data, helping teams…

“What’s the difference between the cross-team Velocity chart and Benchmarking chart for cross-teams?“ - This question the Broken Build team doesn’t get often, but we still thought we should finally give a detailed explanation once and for all. Both charts should ideally be used together, giving different perspectives on…

Advanced sprint metrics alone are an excellent tool for measuring sprint health - you can read about them in my previous post. But when we add a granular view, they become even more powerful - a source of truth for tracking progress, identifying bottlenecks, and ensuring that agile teams stay on track to meet their goals.…

Agile teams track metrics like velocity and say-do ratio to understand how their sprints are going, but raw numbers alone often fall short. Without context or visibility, it's hard to know when your team is thriving… or when delivery is starting to slip. That’s where visual cues come in. Functionality like target lines on…

Tracking team velocity is Agile 101 - but what happens when you need to dive deeper? That’s where individual velocity comes in. It reveals how each team member contributes, uncovers hidden blockers, and helps prevent burnout before it happens. It’s a powerful tool for building healthier, more effective teams when used with…

Did you know you can generate reports across multiple projects in just one click? In large organizations analyzing multiple Jira boards for Divisions or Product Lines is often a real headache. Each team has its own board, and every time you need to create new charts, you’re stuck manually adding them one by one. This…

Keeping your sprint data fresh can be a hassle, especially if you're manually updating it all the time. But there’s a solution to skip the manual work. It automatically refreshes your data - just set it up, and you're good to go. It’s called Live Data Link. Say you've set up a perfect chart that tracks your sprint's…

We all need a health check from time to time. But you’ll probably get puzzled if the only tool the doctor uses is a thermometer. Yet, many companies still use two basic metrics for their sprint check-ups: Initial Commitment and Completed Work. We found this out after talking to 170+ customers, ranging from small dev teams…

Disclaimer: there’s nothing wrong with the native velocity chart in Jira Released in early 2000s, the built-in velocity chart is awesome, simple, and included in the Jira offering by default. It shows just what you’d expect: the ratio between the Initial Commitment and Completed Work. But while using it, you might notice…