Talented teams can create amazing software with great organisation of the product strategy and end user experiences. Jira Software has helped these teams by bringing them further structure to their work. However, developers spend their lives coding, and are often in Jira the least, which can create disconnect between the tickets and their code. This can cause headaches for product owners (POs) or project managers (PMs) overseeing the vision and releases. So how do we keep developers coding, but keep transparency for the PMs and POs to build strategy and understand current standings?

Jira has always been a widely customisable and comprehensive application. It’s highly useful in many companies because it allows teams to work in their own individual ways, without affecting other teams. However, if not properly managed, Jira can end up with huge maintenance time for administrators. This blog contains some quick easy steps on hot topics for how to get and keep your Jira under control.