Jira Software for Teams
Jira Software launched in 2002 as an issue tracking and project management tool for teams. Since then, 65,000+ companies globally have adopted Jira for its flexibility to support any type of project and extensibility to work with thousands of apps and integrations.
Jira Software helps teams across financial services, retail, software, high tech, automotive, non-profit, government, life sciences, and many more verticals stay organized and efficient. See all customers
More than 65,000 companies around the world rely on Jira Software to manage their projects
Jira is used by teams of 2 through 2000 in companies of all sizes
In this section, we'll explore the diversity of teams and companies that utilize Jira Software:
Jira Software for agile teams
For teams who practice agile methodologies, Jira Software provides scrum and kanban boards out-of-the-box. Boards are task management hubs, where tasks are mapped to customizable workflows. Boards provide transparency across teamwork and visibility into the status of every work item. Time tracking capabilities and real-time performance reports (burn-up/down charts, sprint reports, velocity charts) enable teams to closely monitor their productivity over time. Roadmaps enable you to plan and track how you’re making progress on the big picture.
Jira Software supports any agile methodology for software development. Learn more
Jira Software for project management teams
Jira Software can be configured to fit any type of project. Teams can start with a project template or create their own custom workflow. Jira issues, also known as tasks, track each piece of work that needs to pass through the workflow steps to completion. Customizable permissions enable admins to determine who can see and perform which actions. With all project information in place, reports can be generated to track progress, productivity, and ensure nothing slips. Jira mobile app allows you to track and manage all aspects of your team's work in real time from the convenience of your favorite device.
Jira Software for software development teams
Jira Software provides planning and roadmap tools so teams can manage stakeholders, budgets, and feature requirements from day one. CI/CD integrations facilitate transparency throughout the software development life cycle. When it’s ready to deploy, live production code status information is surfaced in the Jira issue. Integrated feature flagging tools allow teams to roll out new features gradually and safely. Leverage Jira Software alongside Jira Service Management so your development, operations, and IT teams can speed service requests through to changes and releases.
Jira Software for DevOps teams
DevOps is a set of practices that works to automate and integrate the processes between software development and IT teams, so they can build, test, and release software faster and more securely. For teams practicing DevOps, Jira Software is the backbone of Atlassian’s open, integrated toolchain known as Open DevOps. Jira Software integrates with first- and third-party tools throughout the DevOps lifecycle, including code and version control tools like Bitbucket, GitHub, and Gitlab, documentation and knowledge management tools like Confluence, and monitoring and operating tools like Opsgenie. Jira Software also integrates with tools across a variety of categories to help DevOps teams ship better software, faster, with a focus on best practices.
Jira Software for product management teams
A roadmap enables product managers to convey how their product vision becomes reality. In Jira Software, teams can build a roadmap that’s associated with each project. Plan and track how you’re making progress on the big picture across multiple teams with Advanced Roadmaps. Seamlessly connect and improve your team's workflow with thousands of integrations for Jira Software. Manage and collaborate on projects seamlessly with organized workflows, task tracking, and integrated knowledge management for documentation and discussion with Confluence Cloud. Prioritize, collaborate on, and deliver new product ideas with Jira Product Discovery.
Jira Software for task management
Create tasks for yourself and members of your team to work on, complete with its details, due dates, and reminders. Utilize subtasks to breakdown larger items of work. Allow others to watch the task to track its progress and stay up to date with email notifications. Create sub-tasks within the parent task to break down the unit of work into digestible pieces for various members of the team. View all tasks on the board to easily visualize each’s status.
Jira Software for bug tracking
Bugs are just a name for to-do's stemming from problems within the software a team is building. It is important for teams to view all the tasks and bugs in the backlog so they can prioritize big picture goals. Jira’s powerful workflow engine ensures that bugs are automatically assigned and prioritized once they are captured. Teams can then track a bug through to completion.
Jira Software for requirements & test case management
Jira Software is the central hub for the coding, collaboration, and release stages. It integrates with a variety of quality assurance apps, and allows for customizable fields, workflows and screens. All of these enable teams to manage manual and automated tests in their software development cycle seamlessly and effectively.