The new Top-level planning template is being rolled out for Jira Software Premium customers. This template will help create a high-level overview of your organization's work - based on existing Jira Software data - by setting up a pre-configured project called "Initiative," placed above the Epic level. Plus, it enables users to create a pre-configured plan, making it the ideal place to create, plan, and track their initiatives. 

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Starting on July 17, 2023, Jira Work Management is introducing a new premium tier. This tier is aimed at organizations that require multiple Jira projects to manage their cross-functional work effectively.
The premium tier offers enhanced visibility, automation, and increased capacity to facilitate seamless collaboration and provide a comprehensive overview of ongoing tasks to understand better and track the work being accomplished.

Insights in Jira Software enable data-driven decision-making, eliminating the need to switch contexts. It has recently been improved with "Issues for attention" insight with a better card layout, a new category called stuck issues, and blocked and flagged issues. All issue categories can be viewed together under the "All" tab, streamlining workflow. 

Many options are available to help you automate tasks across Atlassian products. From user-friendly, no-code solutions like Automation for Jira and Confluence to powerful third-party apps, users have ample choices to enhance their automation capabilities. However, for developers seeking a little excitement, Atlassian Cloud offers an innovative app development platform called Forge. 

The Jira Align team has introduced new enhancements to Jira Align—the new navigation experience and a forecasting feature. New navigation enhancements include a top navigation bar for seamless navigation through team hierarchies, a sidebar for the improved discovery of task-specific views, a redesigned homepage for quick access to important rooms and work, and in-product guides for easy onboarding to the new navigation experience. 

Confluence has introduced some exciting new enhancements, including sharing content directly in Slack, the option to assign page ownership and an improved publishing workflow. Here are some details.

The JSM team is working on adding Kanban boards to Jira Service Management. Yes, that’s right, kanban boards! They are conducting customer research to better understand users' needs regarding the board's view. If you are an administrator who configures and manages experiences for agents or an end user who works on incoming requests, please participate in a remote 1:1 research session. The 1-hr session will be conducted by Atlassian over a video call. As a gesture of appreciation, you will receive a thank-you e-gift.

The Confluence team is implementing several visual and UX design modifications to simplify and reorganize the space navigation system, making it more user-friendly and improving access to content and features within a space.

This new feature in Confluence enables you to create Jira Software issues directly from Confluence Automation. If your organization uses both Jira Software and Confluence, this integration allows you to seamlessly generate your issues without leaving Confluence.

Jira Product Discovery is an exclusive tool designed specifically for product teams to capture and prioritize ideas while ensuring alignment through customized roadmaps within the Jira platform. Please watch this demo video (under 3 minutes), offering you a glimpse of the product's interface and showcasing how it can help you in your endeavors.