Use cases
Most of the content in this page still pertains to the usage of Portfolio for Jira live plans (versions 2.0 to 2.27).
Portfolio for Jira enables realistic strategic planning, regardless of how many teams or people you have working towards your goals. Together with Jira, Portfolio for Jira provides a single source of truth for the current and future health of your initiatives.
Portfolio for Jira highly enhances the benefits you get from your Jira application, no matter the role you have in your team.
Check out some of the popular use cases of Portfolio for Jira in the market, depending on the role being taken on.
What's your role?
I'm a Product Manager
As a product manager, you need a way to quickly turn feature ideas and customer feedback into a compelling product roadmap. This roadmap is then used to provide visibility into the team's progress for your stakeholders and for yourself as well. You especially need visibility so you can keep your roadmap up-to-date as things change. If this sounds like you, read on about the ways Portfolio for Jira can help you plan work better for your team.
I'm a Development Manager
As a Development Manager, you’re responsible for making realistic commitments on your team's behalf. During the planning, you need a clear roadmap that you and the product manager have agreed on so you can run the numbers and ensure your team can get it all done. You need a way to easily plan your team's resources and see the capacity of the team at any point in time so you have data to show what’s possible and what isn’t. You also want to keep stakeholders informed of progress and status without too much hassle. If this sounds like you, keep reading to learn about three ways Portfolio for Jira helps you plan better.
I'm a Project Manager
As a project manager, you plan and coordinate work against milestones to make sure you're meeting deadlines, and to show how projects are tracking against business goals. Dependencies are a big thing for you – they account for 90% of your planning-related headaches – so you need to map out these dependencies, and not just track them. Having a graphical or visual presentation of information is really helpful at times.