Not only do Jira and Confluence offer sophisticated functions, but the deep integration between them also contributes significantly to the success and power of Atlassian's tools. When teams utilize both tools, they gain additional options to enhance productivity, improve information visibility, and reduce unpopular manual tasks. In this article, we will illustrate three examples of how Jira and Confluence can be effectively used together.
Putting Project Tasks into Context - in Jira
Questions like 'What is the basis of this project requirement?' or 'What is the background behind this project decision?' are common. Atlassian's 'Project Pages' feature in Jira simplifies the process of quickly surfacing answers to such questions, fostering transparency within Jira itself.
The corresponding tab facilitates the integration of Confluence content into Jira. A team can edit, organize, and create new pages from Jira, adding valuable context directly to the project management system. This includes information related to sprint goals, user stories, specifications, and other aspects of the current work.
By the way, if you're using project pages, we recommend employing one or two helpful tools to maximize the benefits of the Confluence-Jira integration:
- Inserting the Jira Roadmap macro into Confluence provides a comprehensive view of a specific Jira project.
- The Jira Issues macro enables the dynamic display of current processes with associated status information in Confluence.
- Utilizing the Jira Charts macro allows you to visualize extended context related to ongoing work in Confluence.
More Transparency for Teams and Stakeholders
Delivering a project or release requires alignment and close collaboration across multiple teams. However, it can be challenging for some teams to stay up to date on the latest status in certain cases. This is why having good, up-to-date release notes is essential to keeping stakeholders informed about the latest updates.
The Confluence integration in Jira allows teams to effortlessly create release notes, effectively mapping and documenting all work on a specific release. Even if there's a late change to a release, it's not a problem—changes are automatically synchronized with the release notes in Confluence. This eliminates the often tedious manual creation and maintenance of such updates.
The Right Information in Retrospectives
Retrospectives are a fundamental and indispensable component of the agile process for both technical and non-technical teams. They play a crucial role in reflecting on the team's work, identifying opportunities for improvement, and defining measures for future iterations.
Upon completion of a sprint, teams using Confluence and Jira can utilize the retrospective template to generate a corresponding page in Confluence effortlessly. Simply activating the 'Create a retrospective page for this sprint' box in Jira initiates the automatic process. The retrospective is then linked to the sprint's burndown chart. This ensures that, as the team documents its retrospective, the key metrics of the previous development period are readily available.
The Integration Possibilities of Atlassian Cloud Solutions
Using both Confluence and Jira in the cloud offers effective ways for your teams to enhance collaboration, minimize context and tool changes, streamline processes, and generally organize project management more smoothly. Features such as project pages, release notes, and retrospectives alleviate manual work, providing simple and efficient ways to work.
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Further Reading
- New in Jira, Confluence and Co.: A Team Member Named ‘Atlassian Intelligence’
- Integrating Confluence into Jira Service Management: How ITSM Teams Efficiently Handle Service Desk Requests
- The Best Way to Organize Confluence Spaces
- Documentation from Jira to Confluence – How It Works with Autopage!
