Jira

Jira Software is a cloud-based issue and project tracking tool from Atlassian, widely used by agile and technical teams to plan, track, and release work. Teams organize work into projects and issues (such as epics, stories, tasks, bugs, and subtasks), customize workflows, and manage backlogs, sprints, and releases. Core views include backlog, list, board, timeline, calendar, and summary views, so the same underlying work can be visualized in different ways without duplication.

Jira supports customizable workflows, fields, and permissions, along with built-in automation rules to reduce manual updates, send notifications, and keep boards and statuses in sync. Reporting is handled through a range of agile reports (such as burndown, velocity, and cumulative flow), dashboards, and insights that help teams understand progress and team performance. Premium and Enterprise tiers add advanced planning (Plans) for cross-team roadmaps, dependency mapping, capacity and scenario planning, and more robust administration and governance features.

Jira offers a free cloud plan for small teams plus Standard, Premium, and Enterprise tiers billed per user. Native capabilities include time tracking on issues, guest-style external collaboration, and rich integrations via the Atlassian Marketplace and public APIs. Atlassian Intelligence and Rovo AI add AI-powered features such as generating and editing issue content, summarizing descriptions and comments, suggesting subtasks and user stories, creating automations from natural-language prompts, and turning historical work data into insights and trends that support better planning and decision-making.

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