#1 most frequent
United States of America
69.8%508 installations of 728
What is Jira Align?
A solution to bridge the gap between strategy and execution for portfolio, product, and program management teams, used to manage idea intake, prioritize your feature backlog, and track progress with live roadmaps.
Categories & Use Cases
Product Demos
Who Buys & Uses Jira Align
#2 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
5.4%39 installations of 728
#3 most frequent
France
4.1%30 installations of 728
JIRA - A simple way to Agile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are thoroughly using this tool for our work management. Being a part of the product team, this tool is used extensively, and the complete development cycle is managed using Jira. Starting from the requirement specification to creating tickets based on the requirements, and right up to the last dev cycle, everything is updated on the Jira Align
Pros
- Acceptance criteria
- Development Cycle
- Agile
- Tracking projects
Cons
- Clear dependencies being called out
- Feature to omit changes
- Detailed functionality to format the requirements with appropriate fonts, texts and images
Return on Investment
- Transparent project alignment
- Clear dependencies being called out through dev cycles
- Hassle-free standups
Alternatives Considered
Shortcuts
Other Software Used
Shortcuts, ClickUp, Trello
Great product!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Provides us a tool for agile projects. Most of our IT teams are using this tool for new projects and ongoing support.
Pros
- Backlog
- Scrumboard
- Burn down chart
Cons
- Sprint management and planning
- Reports
Return on Investment
- Provides a solid platform for real-time visibility to new projects and support tickets.
- Best practices can be copied over.
Other Software Used
Lucidspark, monday.com
Usability
Jira Align at a glance
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Jira Align helps in Project planning based on agile concepts. It helps streamline the project management and tracking.
Pros
- Feature Creation
- Epic
- Stories
- Documentation
Cons
- Customization to agile process
- The software hangs at times
- Better Integration with Jira
- Better integration with confluence
Return on Investment
- 30 percent increase in productivity
- Led to better alignment between teams
- Dependencies identified between cross functional teams
- Streamlined product delivery
Alternatives Considered
IBM Rational Team Concert and GitLab
Other Software Used
Agile Hive - SAFe in Jira, Atlassian Confluence, Bitbucket
Atlassian Jira Align (formerly AgileCraft) keeps scrum teams and squads on track
Pros
- Roadmap for our Scrum teams
- Visibility into our digital transformation
Cons
- There is no support for waterfall. While our development team is an agile shop, some internal partners are still waterfall. It would be nice to have better support for their work.
Return on Investment
- Atlassian Jira Align (formerly AgileCraft), in my opinion, has helped to bring the scrum teams and squads together, working toward common goals.
- Atlassian Jira Align (formerly AgileCraft) aligns with our agile development and offers full support for our SAFe framework.
Alternatives Considered
Atlassian Confluence, IBM Rational ClearCase, monday.com and CollabNet VersionOne
Other Software Used
Jira Software, Atlassian Confluence, GitHub
A great tool for product managers
Pros
- Product roadmapping
- Assigning tasks
- Sprint Planning
Cons
- Story pointing
- Story writing
- Reporting and dashboards
Return on Investment
- Reduce friction between product and engineering.
- Better communication between off-shore teams.
- Decreased bugs
Alternatives Considered
Basecamp
Other Software Used
Atlassian Confluence, Google Drive, Pendo.io