Atlassian Strategy Collection: Plan & implement enterprise strategy digitally

Product innovation and increased efficiency are top priorities in the modern business world. However, the strategies to achieve these goals often get lost in the day-to-day business. One of the biggest challenges for managers is linking strategy, goals, teams and resources. Success often fails to materialize because

• Strategic goals are often unclear or there are too many of them
  → 70% of the teams would like fewer but more precise targets (Atlassian, State of Teams).
  
• Teams working in silos
  → 56% state that inconsistent planning tools make collaboration more difficult.
  
• Prioritization and resource allocation fail due to lack of transparency
  → 64% of the teams feel "pulled in too many directions".
  
• Lack of personnel hinders implementation
  → According to Deloitte, tech hiring remains stagnant. Efficiency is more important than ever.

The solution: The Atlassian Strategy Collection

Atlassian wants to provide leaders with its recently announced Strategy Collection a powerful solution package for organization-wide strategy planning. The collection combines three tools that digitize and link strategy, planning and implementation:

In this article, we show you what the individual apps have to offer and how they are coordinated with each other.

Focus: Strategy center for goals, work and budgets

Focus is the answer to the question: "What do we want to achieve and how well are we on track?"

With Focus, managers can see at a glance:

• Which strategic goals are set (e.g. OKRs)
• How the documented or planned work in Jira or Jira Align contributes to these goals
• How employee resources are currently distributed
• Where risks exist, including AI-supported recommendations

Highlights:

• Real-time transparency across all strategic areas
• Drill down to individual focus fields
• Integrated notifications (e.g. via Slack, Teams)
• Scenario planning and budget-return comparisons (available soon)

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Talent: Strategic resource planning at the touch of a button

Talent is the answer to the question: "Are our best people really working on the most important goals?"

Talent (available from Q3 2025) focuses on workforce planning and ensures that the right people are working on the most important initiatives. It provides insights into employee skills, availability and team structure and uses AI functions to help identify skills gaps and optimize resource allocation.

What managers can do with Talent in future:

• Analyze and model org structures
• Making the distribution of competencies visible
• Make faster and more informed personnel decisions

Why is this crucial? 76 % of teams are not working on critical tasks, according to Fortune 500 CEOs. Talent management is becoming a lever for success.

Align: Strategy meets implementation

Jira Align is the answer to the question: "How well are we actually implementing our strategy and where is it breaking down?"

It is the central tool for strategic working and Project portfolio management at enterprise level and was specially developed for companies with complex organizational structures, multiple teams or product lines.

Jira Align builds a direct connection from top-level goals for specific tasks in Jira or other tools. It links:

• Strategic goals (e.g. OKRs, KPIs)
• with epics, initiatives, programs and teams
• and shows in real time how work contributes to strategic value creation at every level.

What managers can do with Jira Align:

• Portfolio management and identification of dependencies
• Plan capacities correctly
• Keeping track of progress and risks

The synergy: three apps, one strategic cycle

The strength of the Atlassian Strategy Collection lies in the seamless interplay of the three components:

Tool	Focus area	Benefit
Focus	Target definition & progress monitoring	Clarity & decision confidence
Talent	Resource allocation & workforce planning	Efficiency & availability
Align	Implementation & value creation (portfolio management)	Strategic implementation & ROI

This creates a continuous cycle:
Goal setting → Planning → Resource allocation → Execution → Measurement

Conclusion: Turning enterprise strategy into measurable results

The Atlassian Strategy Collection is more than just a toolset. In an environment where speed, transparency and flexibility are crucial, the Collection offers a forward-looking framework for modern corporate management.

With the Atlassian Strategy Collection you will receive a future-oriented, scalable solutionto:

• Create clarity about priorities
• Using resources in a targeted manner
• Translate implementation into measurable results

Do you need help with planning and implementation? Then contact our XALT experts for strategic portfolio management.

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