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Take an agile approach to planning timelines in Jira Software

Keep your teams and stakeholders in sync with software designed to help you release more predictably, pivot with agility, and stay aligned to the big picture goals.

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Scale planning across teams with Advanced Roadmaps

Strategically plan and track work across multiple teams with a single source of truth into the health of your initiatives.

Roll your work up to bigger goals

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Ladder work from multiple teams and projects to company-wide initiatives. Advanced Roadmaps provides the option to expand your issue hierarchy above the epic level so all work items big and small can be represented in the plan.

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Ladder your work up to the epic level to see your team’s progress in real-time. The timeline in Jira Software offers a quick and easy way to plan your project with respect to important dates and deliverables.

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Track the big picture

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Plan work and track real-time progress on large initiatives across multiple teams and projects, all in one place with Advanced Roadmaps.

Plan work and track real-time progress for a single team and project with the timeline view.

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Get ahead of dependencies

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Map dependencies between teams, projects, and initiatives to get ahead of blockers across your organization.

Map dependencies within your team to identify and account for potential blockers in your project plan.

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Plan with team capacity in mind

Keep your goals on track by ensuring your teams have bandwidth to complete the work they’ve scoped. See multiple teams' capacity on a sprint-by-sprint basis.

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Envision different scenarios

Paint a more complete picture of potential outcomes by creating multiple versions of your plan based on different options or best and worst-case scenarios.

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Keep your teams and stakeholders in sync

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Share your plan

The timeline view and Advanced Roadmaps plans provide filters so you can share the most relevant details for every stakeholder.

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Get updates in real time

The timeline view and Advanced Roadmaps plans are always in sync with the work your teams are tracking in Jira Software.

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Learn how to use Jira Software planning features

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Scale to new heights with Jira Software Premium

Jira Software Premium includes Advanced Roadmaps and several additional features designed to help teams, admins, and your organization scale.

Get Enterprise level visibility with roadmaps in Jira Align

Jira Align roadmaps support the complex environments of large enterprises with hundreds of teams and thousands of developers, connecting work in progress to strategic objectives.

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Frequently asked questions

What’s the difference between planning features offered in Jira Software Cloud Free, Standard, and Premium? Copy link to heading Copied! show+
  

Advanced Roadmaps is a planning feature available in Jira Software Premium designed for planning and tracking initiatives involving multiple teams and projects. The timeline is a planning view available in all Jira Software plans designed for planning and tracking work within a single team and project.

Do Jira Software’s planning features support both team-managed and company-managed projects? Copy link to heading Copied! show+
  

Yes, Jira Software timeline and Advanced Roadmaps support both team-managed and company-managed projects.

What is Advanced Roadmaps in Jira Software? Copy link to heading Copied! show+
  

Advanced Roadmaps is a planning feature available in Jira Software Premium that allows you to plan and track work across multiple teams and projects. Designed to empower agile teams as they scale, Advanced Roadmaps offers enhanced planning capabilities for managing team capacity, mapping dependencies, and exploring alternative scenarios.

Check out our guide and tutorials to learn how to use Advanced Roadmaps.

Is it possible to get a free trial of Advanced Roadmaps? Copy link to heading Copied! show+
  

Yes. If you’d like a free trial of Advanced Roadmaps, you can start a trial of Jira Software Cloud Premium here. If you’re an existing Jira Software Cloud customer, you can start a free Jira Software Premium trial by switching your plan to Premium in your ‘manage subscriptions’ settings.

If you’re using Jira Software Data Center, Advanced Roadmaps is now part of Jira Software Data Center.

What is the timeline in Jira Software? Copy link to heading Copied! show+
  

The timeline is a planning view available in all Jira Software plans that allows you to plan work, track progress, and map dependencies within a single team and project.

Check out our guide and tutorials to learn how to use the timeline view.

What is Jira Align? Copy link to heading Copied! show+
  

Jira Align connects your business strategy to technical execution while providing real-time visibility. It allows enterprises to aggregate team-level data and makes all work visible across your enterprise in real-time. All layers of scale are connected, and everyone can get on the same page to determine scope, roadmaps and dependencies across teams and portfolios. You can easily connect strategic investments with customer value created in order to drive outcomes faster and more reliably. Learn more about Jira Align

Are Jira Software planning features available in Data Center? Copy link to heading Copied! show+
  

The timeline view is only available in Jira Software Cloud. Advanced Roadmaps is available in Jira Software Cloud and Data Center. Previously, Advanced Roadmaps was available as a standalone app for Data Center but, as of February 2, 2021, it is now included with the subscription to Jira Software Data Center.