Think of a roadmap as a bird’s eye view of the entire project. A roadmap is a high-level plan, or a strategy, visualized on a timeline. How to have a roadmap in Jira? Do I need a plugin or app? What is Jira roadmapping? Roadmap associations Roadmaps are about: Strategy,... read more →
Jun
02
May
29
Context menus activated by a right-click of a mouse are coming to BigPicture and BigGantt in 2020. Right-click a task to change its status from 'In progress' to 'Done' or right-click an objective on the Roadmap to mark it 'Completed' or 'Failed'. Or, perhaps, change a task's color on the... read more →
May
27
Every year Angularians from all over the world come to Warsaw for the biggest Angular Conference in CEE - NG Poland. Top speakers from around the world share their knowledge and discuss the present and future of Angular and its ecosystem, TypeScript, tools, and much more. ... read more →
May
22
Even some Atlassian community members will claim that Programs are essentially equal to projects, but this is not true. Programs are more long-term and 'democratic' descendants of projects, not to mention the Jira 'project' (a mere container). Now, how to do the whole Program management in Jira? Could it be... read more →
May
11
'Apps for every team' is a Marketplace campaign by Atlassian in May-June 2020. While the campaign is full of clichés, it's good to stop and think what hidden messages does Atlassian send to the public? Also, do apps suitable for every team even exist? First, a couple of facts: 'Apps... read more →
May
08
BigPicture users from the European Union or America often need to store their data in a home country or region (think GDPR, regulated industries, etc.). With Jira Server it's not an issue – it's you who decides where is your server located. Things look different on Jira Cloud – here,... read more →
May
04
Let's suppose you're a big multinational company. Is it reasonable for a large enterprise to choose Jira as a long-term project/product management solution? How to set it up to increase the chances of company-wide adoption? If an overseas subsidiary rejects Jira, in favor of their 'local' Trello instance, could it... read more →
May
03
The 6th edition of SoftwarePlant's ShipIt Week hackathon had quite a bumpy start. Like many companies, due to the threat caused by Covid-19, at the beginning of March, the whole SoftwarePlant team decided to work remotely. The decision was made just two days before the start of the hackathon. Despite... read more →
Apr
27
Clients keep asking: what can BigPicture and BigGantt do in terms of asset management? You can have an asset registry in Jira + BigPicture. You can also print inventory management documents and manage risks associated with assets. There are, however, dedicated asset management plugins, such as STAGIL Assets, a product... read more →
Apr
27
Five years ago, when SoftwarePlant was a small start-up, the company decided to create a Gantt chart as an extension for Jira. It would help to visualize issues on the timeline and, over time, turned into a complete solution for Project Portfolio Management. Two months ago, we launched a completely... read more →