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Velocity and Cycle Time in Jira: Top Performance Metrics for Agile Teams

For some reason, people love to debate whether to use velocity or cycle time metrics in their Agile analytics. But why choose when they complement each other? Here’s a quick guide on how to marry these metrics for Agile success.

Olexiy Artemenko

November 6, 2024

Analyzing Agile cycle time: top charts in Jira and beyond, features and pricing comparison

Cycle time is a popular metric for Agile teams. To analyze it, you can use Jira tools, or go beyond Jira - there are plenty of cycle time charts for any need available. We took six most popular tools to compare them by features and pricing. Enjoy!

October 14, 2024

Tracking Cycle Time in Jira: Great Gadgets vs. SaasJet vs. Broken Build apps

There are three main cycle time charts in the Atlassian Marketplace: Great Gadgets by Stonik Byte, Time in Status by SaasJet and Cycle Time Chart Gadget by Broken Build. Let’s put them side by side and see how they differ.

September 23, 2024

Advanced Cycle Time Chart: Slay the Bottlenecks and Defeat Waiting Time

We received a lot of feedback on the built-in Jira charts for cycle time tracking until we thought, "Hey, why don’t we create an Atlassian Marketplace app that would finally give teams what they need?" And this is how we developed the Cycle Time Chart Gadget.

Individual Velocity is not your enemy: how to track individual velocity in Jira to everyone's benefit

Individual Velocity is a pineapple on pizza of the Agile world. But what if there's a way of using this metric for good?..

Advanced Agile Analytics: How to Slice and Dice Your Sprints Using 10 Sprint Metrics + Breakdown Combo

We all need a health check from time to time. But imagine if the doctor tried to assess your entire health with a single basic thermometer. Yet, many companies still rely on just two metrics for their sprint checkup: Initial Commitment and Completed Work.

Olexiy Artemenko

Agile Reports and Gadgets and Velocity Chart Major Update: New Tools for Advanced Agile Analytics

Let's break down the new features in Agile Reports and Gadgets (ARG) 7.0 and Velocity Chart Gadget (VEL) 6.0. In these latest versions, we released tools like Sprint Breakdown and Benchmarking to help your team manage agile projects more effectively.