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For years, teams have relied on dashboards to understand how work is flowing through their systems. These dashboards have become essential for answering critical questions about delivery, performance, and predictability. But there’s a problem most teams recognize almost immediately. The decisions that matter rarely happen in dashboards. They happen in planning documents, executive updates, retrospectives, and strategy discussions. They happen in conversations, in shared documents, and in the spaces where teams collaborate to make sense of what’s going on and decide what to do next. And more often than not, those spaces live in Confluence. This creates a gap. Insights live in one place. Decisions happen in another. Today, we’re closing that gap. ActionableAgile® Analytics for Jira Cloud is now available in Confluence , making it possible to bring your delivery insights directly into the pages where your team plans, communicates, and makes decisions, without duplicating work or losing context. From dashboards to decisions If you’ve ever found yourself taking screenshots from Jira dashboards to include in reports, rebuilding charts manually for leadership updates, or trying to explain delivery trends without having the actual data in front of you, you’ve experienced this disconnect firsthand. It ’s not just inconvenient. It affects how teams make decisions. When insights are separated from the conversations that rely on them, they quickly become outdated, misinterpreted, or simply overlooked. Teams spend time recreating what already exists, and stakeholders make decisions without a clear, shared understanding of what’s actually happening. What’s missing is a single source of truth that follows the conversation, not just the tool. With ActionableAgile® Analytics for Confluence, teams can now embed the same flow metrics they already rely on directly into Confluence pages. Instead of switching between tools or recreating visuals, the insights are right there, alongside the context in which they’re being discussed. This isn’t about introducing a new reporting system or asking teams to learn something new. It’s about extending what already works. The same flow metrics you trust, Cycle Time Scatterplot, Throughput Run Chart, Aging Work in Progress, and WIP Run Chart , are now available where your team collaborates. Whether you’re reviewing performance, planning upcoming work, or aligning with stakeholders, the data is always part of the conversation. One source of truth, everywhere it matters At the heart of this experience is something that hasn’t changed: the data set and view model in ActionableAgile® Analytics. Everything you see in Confluence is powered by the same configurations you already use. That means there’s no duplication, no reconfiguration, and no risk of conflicting interpretations. When a view is updated, those changes are reflected instantly wherever it’s used, including in Confluence. This consistency is what makes the experience powerful. Teams can trust that the insights they’re discussing are accurate, up to date, and aligned across every context. Instead of managing multiple versions of the same data, you maintain a single source of truth that moves with your work. What makes this truly valuable is not just where the data appears, but how it’s used. In executive reporting, it allows leaders to see real delivery insights directly within the documents they rely on, without needing to navigate away or interpret static reports. In team reviews and retrospectives, it brings clarity to discussions about bottlenecks and performance, helping teams focus on meaningful improvements rather than assumptions. During planning and forecasting conversations, it ensures that decisions are grounded in actual delivery data, not just estimates or expectations. And across teams, it creates a shared understanding by making the same insights visible in a consistent and accessible way. In all of these scenarios, the goal is the same: better conversations, supported by better data. Getting Started Getting started is straightforward. Adding any chart to a Confluence page follows the same logic teams already know. You simply insert a macro, select your data set and view, and the chart renders automatically. Before you begin, there are a couple of quick setup steps to ensure everything works smoothly. If you’re already using ActionableAgile® Analytics for Jira Cloud, your Jira admin just needs to connect it to Confluence. You’ll also need access to the relevant data set and permission to edit the Confluence page where you want to add the chart. Once that’s in place, there’s no need to configure metrics again or adjust how they behave. Everything from calculations to interactions remains consistent with the Jira experience. Charts update automatically as data changes, and users can explore them with the same level of detail and interactivity they’re used to. This familiarity means teams can adopt the feature quickly, without changing how they work. Want to see how it works in practice? Explore our documentation for step-by-step guidance on adding Flow Metrics to Confluence, configuring your data sets and views, and getting the most out of your insights.

Group Forecasts in Portfolio Forecaster is now available in Confluence. When it’s time to plan, align, and make decisions, the conversation moves to Confluence. Where teams review, discuss, and decide what happens next. That’s where plans are shaped, trade-offs are discussed, and stakeholders look for clarity. But until now, there’s been a gap. The forecasts exist, the conversations happen, but they haven’t lived in the same place. Forecasts are only as useful as the decisions they support. In many teams, they sit inside tools, while updates, plans, and discussions happen elsewhere. That creates friction. Data gets explained, copied, or translated before it can be used, and somewhere along the way, context is lost. You see this most clearly during moments that matter. In a quarterly planning session, when leadership is trying to decide what to commit to. In a roadmap review, when priorities need to shift. In an executive update, when stakeholders want to understand what’s on track, and what isn’t. These are the moments where clarity is critical. But they’re also the moments where teams are often relying on summaries, assumptions, or outdated snapshots. With Group Forecasts now available in Confluence, that disconnect disappears. The same forecasts generated from your Jira data can now be brought directly into the pages where decisions are made. They become part of the conversation, not something people have to go searching for. When someone reviews a roadmap or reads a delivery update, they’re no longer relying on static summaries or second-hand interpretations. The forecast is right there, grounded in real delivery data and easy to understand in context. And that changes the conversation. Instead of asking where the numbers came from or how reliable they are, teams can focus on what actually matters, what’s likely to happen, what’s at risk, and what to do next. Not everyone involved in delivery works in Jira, and they shouldn’t have to. Executives, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams often rely on Confluence to stay informed. But without direct access to delivery data, they’re left depending on simplified updates or manually created reports. Now , forecasts are visible where those stakeholders already work. They can see what’s likely to happen, what’s at risk, and how timelines may shift, all within the context of the plans, updates, and discussions they’re part of. That shared visibility creates alignment naturally. Instead of different groups working from different versions of the truth, everyone is looking at the same data, in the same place. And that alignment has a real impact. It reduces back-and-forth, it shortens decision cycles, and it builds trust between teams and leadership. At the same time, nothing changes about where your data lives. Jira remains the source of truth. Portfolio Forecaster continues to generate forecasts using delivery data in Jira, with the same permissions and access controls already in place. Confluence simply reflects that information. So you get the best of both worlds: wider visibility, without duplication or inconsistency. Making forecasts easier to use A forecast on its own only tells part of the story. What makes it useful is the context around it. In Confluence, forecasts can live alongside plans, priorities, risks, and decisions. A roadmap becomes more grounded, an update becomes more credible, and a discussion becomes more focused. Everything sits in one place, which makes it easier for teams and stakeholders to not just see what’s happening, but to understand what it means and what should happen next. In Confluence, Group Forecasts appear as a read-only view that’s easy to understand at a glance. And for those who want to go deeper, it’s just one click into Jira to explore the full forecast. That balance keeps things simple without losing depth. Over time, this changes how forecasts are used. They’re no longer something you prepare for meetings or explain after the fact. They become part of the discussion itself, visible, accessible, and easy for everyone to understand. And that’s what ultimately leads to better decisions. Not more data, but better use of it. Getting started is simple Bringing Group Forecasts into Confluence doesn’t require a complex setup. If you're already using Portfolio Forecaster, you're just a few steps away. To use Group Forecasts in Confluence: You’ll need the Portfolio Forecaster app installed in Jira, with access to the Group Forecasts you want to display A Jira admin needs to connect Portfolio Forecaster to Confluence via: Site Settings → Connected Apps → Portfolio Forecaster → Connections tab → Connect to Confluence Once connected, you can start adding forecasts directly to your Confluence pages. If you’re ready to start bringing Group Forecasts into your Confluence pages, you can follow the full setup guide. Explore our documentation to learn more.

Predictability is one of the most requested outcomes in delivery leadership. Stakeholders want confidence in timelines. Teams want clarity on priorities. Delivery leaders are expected to provide answers that feel reliable, even when the environment is constantly changing. This often leads to a subtle but important problem. Predictability becomes confused with certainty. Exact dates are requested early. Plans are expected to hold. Commitments are framed as promises. When reality changes, trust takes a hit, even if the change was reasonable and unavoidable. For delivery leads, this creates a difficult balance. They want to be transparent about uncertainty, but they also want to provide confidence. Estimation is often used to bridge this gap, but it frequently creates more tension than clarity. Flow-based thinking offers a different approach to predictability. Instead of trying to eliminate uncertainty, it helps delivery leaders work with it. Rather than presenting a single outcome, it focuses on understanding likelihood, risk, and variation based on how work has behaved before. This shift changes how forecasting works. When delivery leads base forecasts on evidence from past deliveries, they are no longer guessing. They are reasoning. They can explain what is likely to happen, what is possible, and what carries a higher risk. This creates a more honest and resilient form of predictability. Importantly, this does not mean avoiding commitment. It means framing commitment with context. When delivery leaders talk about ranges instead of exact dates, they invite better decisions. Stakeholders can weigh trade-offs. Teams can focus on finishing work rather than defending plans. Conversations become calmer and more constructive. This approach also supports earlier risk management. Flow-based signals show when work starts to slow down, when items age, and when variability increases. These signals appear long before deadlines are missed. Delivery leaders can act earlier, adjust priorities, or renegotiate scope while options still exist. Predictability then becomes something that is continuously managed, not something that is declared once during planning. Another important change is how progress is communicated. Instead of focusing on how much work has been started, flow-based thinking emphasizes how much work is finishing. This aligns progress with outcomes and helps delivery leaders explain why focus matters more than activity. For stakeholders, this builds trust over time. Even when outcomes change, surprises are reduced because uncertainty was visible earlier. Confidence comes not from rigid plans, but from transparency and shared understanding. This way of working is especially valuable in complex environments with multiple teams or initiatives. In these contexts, detailed plans often give a false sense of control. Flow-based forecasting provides a more realistic view of what the system can handle and how changes affect delivery. What delivery leads gain from this approach is not certainty, but credibility. They can speak clearly about risk. They can explain why decisions are made. They can lead delivery conversations grounded in reality rather than optimism. If this resonates with your experience, you may want to explore this way of thinking further. We have created The Delivery Leader’s Guide to Flow-Based Metrics , a practical introduction to leading delivery with flow, not points. The guide brings together the ideas behind evidence-based forecasting, flow, and delivery leadership in a clear and accessible way. You can download the guide to learn how to create predictability without relying on false certainty, and how to lead delivery with more confidence and clarity. Download The Delivery Leader’s Guide to Flow-Based Metrics.

Improve Flow. Be Predictable. Understand how work really moves through your process so you can ask the right questions, drive meaningful improvement, and accurately forecast outcomes in uncertain situations. Try it for free Overview Pricing Roadmap FAQ Training Cycle Time Scatterplot Set Service Level Expectations (SLEs) By looking at how quickly you finish work in the past, you can understand how long it may to take you to complete future work. SLEs help the team know what they are capable of! Aging Work in Progress Chart Secret weapon to improve predictability. Know exactly how old your current work is and compare it to past data for context. Begin to control aging and maintain or improve your current level of predictability. Monte Carlo Simulations Forecast in uncertainty with probabilities Our Monte Carlo simulations help you get an idea of how likely any forecast is for any set of work. We use the variation in your historical data to run more than 10,000 trials! We have simulations for both fixed dates and fixed scope. free-trial Free Trial Try ActionableAgile® Analytics for free. All free trials are 30 days or more! Compare features by version Standalone SaaS Import your data from Jira, Trello using our built-in wizards, or any external app via file upload Start your free trial Embedded in Jira Get the power of ActionableAgile without leaving Jira. Available for Cloud, Server and Data Center Start your free trial Embedded in Azure Analyze flow directly in Azure DevOps Cloud. For single users or whole organizations Start your free trial Don't take our word for it, listen to our customers ActionableAgile helped us improve our ability to anticipate delivery outcomes by using probabilistic forecasting and flow metrics. Our throughput almost doubled, and the team got better at splitting and sizing work into meaningful, valuable chunks. Our cycle times were reduced by almost 50% or more for 85% of our completed work items. Our WIP significantly reduced, so we had teams that were not overwhelmed or overburdened. As a result, we reduced context switching and enabled the teams to experiment with pairing and swarming to get things done. Haroon Khalil , Executive Agility Coach By regularly forecasting with ActionableAgile, we could clearly show when circumstances impacted our delivery timescales; previously, these would have been recognized as affecting our delivery. Monte Carlo simulation's what-if scenario planning function has enabled us to discuss what is happening and if trends are changing with stakeholders and teams. This allowed us to take meaningful action at the soonest possible opportunity and put the decisions with the right people. Julie Starling , Agile Delivery CoP Manager Get Your Free Guide Still relying on story points? It's time to move beyond estimation. Learn how flow-based insights give you clearer visibility into delivery, where work is slowing down, what is likely to finish, and how to lead delivery with confidence using real data. Get Your Guide Get all the latest news about ActionableAgile® Analytics! Subscribe and receive monthly emails tailored especially for ActionableAgile® Analytics users. Get news on recent releases, upcoming events, and more! Manage Subscriptions Got Questions? We've Got Answers! Frequently asked questions DC Customers General ActionableAgile Analytics Inspekt Portfolio Forecaster Klar Short-form Chat Dialog questions Partners Will ActionableAgile® Analytics continue to support Jira Data Center? Yes. We will continue supporting Jira Data Center customers throughout Atlassian’s end-of-life timeline. Core updates such as charts, insights, and calculations will still be delivered. Why won’t all new features come to Data Center? Some features require extensive development and testing that are specific to the Data Center platform. With Atlassian planning to sunset Jira DC, it’s important for us to focus resources on updates that bring the greatest long-term value to customers across platforms. Which types of features are affected? Platform-dependent updates — such as native Jira dashboard gadgets or certain integrations with Jira internals — may not be delivered to Data Center. Instead, we’re prioritizing improvements to the ActionableAgile® Analytics experience itself, which will benefit both Data Center and Cloud users. What new improvements can I expect on Data Center? You will still see enhancements including: • A new app landing page • Data set views for easier navigation • Consistent chart templates • Expanded chart insights What if my team plans to move to Jira Cloud later? We will be ready to support you with a smooth transition when that time comes. ActionableAgile® Analytics for Jira Cloud includes the same core capabilities and ongoing innovation. Our dedicated support team is always ready to assist you. Empower yourself with knowledge and make the most of your experience with us!

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