In version 10.67, one of the biggest changes we made to Jira Align was a revamp of the Strategy Room. And when you first get to the room, the view might look quite different from what you might be us...
The intent of this article is explore the various options of associating Features with Teams in Jira Align. We know from our Agile and SAFe experience that stories are directly associated with a team...
The Program Board in Jira Align displays the status of Features, Dependencies, Objectives and Milestones all on one view. It's a great tool for the Program team to review on a weekly basis to make su...
Draft and Final Plan Reviews are timeboxed sessions during the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) PI Planning event where teams have approximately 5 to 10 minutes to present their team preliminary (Day 1)...
Due to recent challenges of most companies having to move to virtual and remote PI planning events, the Jira Align Solutions Architects wanted to start to capture some best practices and FAQ Table of...
Setting the business context, product/solution vision, architecture vision and development practices of the PI (Program Increment) Planning from SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) event are a key componen...
One of the main benefits of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Program Increment (PI) Planning event is face-to-face planning in a "big room" with all the teams on an Agile Release Train (ART). Howeve...
Situation: A user with a non-Product Owner Role is logged out of Jira Align when trying to access the Roadmaps page. Super Admins can access the page without issue. The user can als...
This article is out of date. Jira Align suggestions are now handled in JAC (jira.atlassian.com). To create a suggestion for the Jira Align product, reach out to Atlassian Support. For more in...
Unfortunately, some users will have seen this screen at some point or another, but what does it mean and what should be done about it? What is this page telling me? In a nutshell, it means that t...
You can connect one or more identity providers (IdPs) to Jira Align to allow users to sign in to your instance through your organization's single sign-on portal. The setup in Jira Align is f...
**Updated to reflect recent changes to Jira Align in Version 10.81** One of the most powerful aspects of Jira Align is the functionality it provides around dependency management. One quest...
The Jira Deleted Issues Report is used to view Jira Align work items linked to Jira Software Issues for which Jira Align can no longer access via the API. Typically there are two conditions th...
Environment: Jira Align leveraging a Jira Connector that syncs with a customer’s Jira instance. Situation: Changing the state of a Jira Align work item fails to sync the status change update to ...
Note: This article is the second in a two-part series on ranking. If you haven’t read the previous article, I recommend you check it out first! After ranking items in the Backlog and assig...
Ranking work items in the backlog helps your organization plan for what to develop next. The backlog serves as a prioritized list of work items, where the most important items are ranked highest. I...
Marie Kondo was all the rage a little bit ago with her focus on decluttering your house. By periodically looking at the stuff in your house and deciding if you really need it, you can keep your situa...
Scaling an organization is not easy! Getting everyone in alignment on the same terminology to mean the same things is one of the first steps to take when setting up a system of Governance. There is a...
One of the more popular frameworks used by Jira Align clients today is the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Although there certainly are mixed and diverse viewpoints about SAFe, for this article ...
Stories are small, incremental pieces of functionality that capture what a user needs and why. Multiple tasks are associated with each story. Stories are sized to fit within a single spri...
How do you know if you are building the right product for your customers and not the wrong one? A lean canvas is a one-page business model canvas that can help shape an idea by visualizing the ...
Do you know how to perform PI planning in Jira Align? How about backlog refinement? Need a refresher course on portfolio tracking or planning? New to Jira Align and need to onboard with product roadm...
Are you familiar with Value Engineering? It is a relatively new technique that allows an enterprise to rapidly discard ideas that do not deliver value. This practice is new to many, and yet...
Stories, Features, Capabilities, Epics, and Themes are five of the most common work items created in Jira Align. To help those of you that are new to creating these work items, we have compiled a Fie...
Environment: Jira Align connected and syncing with an instance of Jira. Situation: A newly created Feature in Jira Align fails to create a corresponding Epic in Jira. The following API...