📣 New integration with Jira Product Discovery is now available!

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Many of you have asked how to effectively use  Jira Product Discovery (JPD) with your plans in  Jira. We are excited to announce that we have launched an integration that brings these two tools closer together.

How it works

We are pleased to introduce a new field within a Plan called “Idea”.  This field displays the JPD idea linked to a Jira issue. You can use this field to filter and group issues, and the data is included in plan exports for your convenience.

Here’s a brief overview of the integration:

• When you're ready to start the delivery for an idea, you’ll connect your idea to Delivery tickets in Jira in the idea delivery panel.

• You can also track delivery progress from within Jira Product Discovery and get a bird’s eye view of progress across all product initiatives and teams.

Go to the plan, select ( + ) in the navigation and find the idea field.

• Ideas as a field in a plan: To add an idea field to your plan, go to the plan, select ( + ) in the plan navigation, and find the idea field.

• Group initiatives by idea to keep the issue and idea dates in sync.

  • In your plan, go to View settings > Group by > Idea.

• Filter Ideas: Click on 'Filter' to access and choose the ideas you wish to view along with their associated issues.

• Hover over an idea to view its preview details. Currently, you can only see the idea key. We are actively working to enhance this, and soon, you will be able to see the complete idea card.

Link and commit ideas from within Plan

• Ensure you’ve added the ideas field to your plan by going to the plan, selecting + in the nav bar, and finding the idea field.

• Find the issue you want to attach an idea to and click the idea column.

• Find the idea you want to attach and hit Enter.

This Idea field will also be visible when you choose to share plans through:

• CSV export,

• PNG export,

Support for the following will be available from 14th November: 

• embed, and

• Confluence

How are Roadmaps different from Jira Plan?

Roadmaps are created in the product backlog in Jira Product Discovery. They communicate how and why each idea was prioritized. They’re easily shared with customers, partners, and everyone within your company.

Plans are part of Jira, where you can plan, track, and report on the execution and delivery of your ideas.

Timeline view in JPD

You can visualize ideas on a roadmap using the timeline view in JPD. However, the JPD team prefers the Now/Next/Later format, as it fosters more productive conversations with stakeholders. The question of "when is X going to ship?" is often less useful. Nonetheless, we recognize that every company has unique needs, and for some, a timeline view is essential.

We recommend utilizing a timeline view with a high level of granularity: focus on the significant ideas without getting too detailed. The goal is to communicate a high-level roadmap to stakeholders without delving into the minutiae of tasks and subtasks.

The new integration has been successfully launched for all JPD and Jira Premium and Enterprise customers.

JPD Ideas in Jira Plan Demo

https://www.loom.com/share/882bb0a8397741d0b92043ec72e558e1

Known limitations:

• A Jira plan can support up to 1,000 Ideas, with no exceptions.

• In the "Group by Idea" feature, the Idea header may appear empty if the data is inaccessible.

• The "Group by Idea" groups are not sorted alphabetically.

• If there are ideas in the plan, we actively filter out self-references in the Select. We do the same in the JPD UI.

• If JPD is deactivated, no idea data will be visible.

• The idea preview on hover currently displays only the issue key and summary, without additional fields.

We are eager to hear your feedback!

Thanks,

Irene
Product Manager, Jira

[Hana Kučerová]

Love it!

[Lynn Wilson]

Im excited to see this in action... I dont have the 'idea' option in my plans dropdown yet.  Thinking it will come in our monthly release bundle?     We are Premium level for Jira but still using the Free version of JPD... does that make a difference?

[Irene]

@Lynn Wilson , if your Jira site opts for Bundled release which is rolled out monthly, yes you're right -you will get it in the next bundle! :) 

[Ivyan Ishosha]

Great news! 🤙

do you have plans to aggregate data to the Idea level in the plan? or define the Idea  as part of the standard hierarchy?