Jira Metrics

Jira metrics are crucial for software development teams to evaluate their productivity and efficiency. In this knowledge base article, we will discuss the importance of these metrics and guide you through setting them up to ensure that your team stays on track with its goals.

Key Jira Metrics

1. Throughput: Throughput measures the number of work items a team completes during a specific period. This metric helps teams assess their overall productivity and identify areas where they can improve.
2. 85% Cycle Time: Cycle time is the duration between the start and completion of a work item. The 85% cycle time metric indicates the time within which 85% of tasks are completed. This metric helps teams understand how fast they deliver work and can be used to forecast future work completion.
3. Status Breakdown: This metric provides a detailed analysis of how long work items spend in each status, such as "To Do," "In Progress," and "Done." Understanding the time spent in each status can help teams identify bottlenecks and where they can streamline their workflow.
4. In-Flight Items: This view highlights work items currently in progress that require attention. By keeping a close eye on these items, teams can ensure they are addressing any potential issues or blockers promptly. An excellent companion tool to use at standup as it visualizes the items that need the most attention.
5. Past Performance: Analyzing a team's performance over the last quarter provides valuable insights into trends and areas for improvement. This metric helps teams set realistic goals and make data-driven decisions for future planning.

Setting Up Jira Metrics

To set up Jira metrics for your team, follow these steps:

1. Create an or login into your ScatterSpoke account.

2. Navigate to the organization-level integrations.

3. Follow the instructions for the Jira Metrics inside the modal that will walk you through how to connect your Jira site to your ScatterSpoke organization.

4. Once you connect Jira & ScatterSpoke, it's time to select which project/board you want to link to your ScatterSpoke team.

5. It will take 5-10 minutes to process your team's data, depending on the size of the Jira project. ScatterSpoke pulls the last quarter of Jira issues and feeds it into our insights engine.

6. After your data is done processing, you will be able to see all the metrics & insights we collected about your Jira project.

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Continuous Improvement

Jira metrics provide valuable insights into your team's performance and workflow, allowing you to make data-driven decisions for continuous improvement. By setting up these metrics and monitoring them regularly, you can ensure your team stays on track to achieve its goals and deliver high-quality software.

After getting all your metrics and insights about your Jira project, we recommend reviewing them with your team a few times a week and discussing them at your next retrospective.  This will help your team focus on what's stopping them from delivering more value during your retrospective and devise action plans to fix them.

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