How Jira Integrations Can Save Your Time and Money

As the COVID-19 crisis continues to impact businesses, they are forced to adjust to the current unfavorable economic environment and invent new ways to stay profitable. We can even speak about certain digital trends observed in the IT field.

These are not necessarily new trends as companies started to follow them before the coronavirus outbreak which enormously accelerated their adoption.

Well, let's name some of the main digital trends that trigger internal modifications in the workflow of the IT teams:

1. Expansion of targeted audiences. If your web development agency was oriented at small and middle-size customers, today your chances to seal the deal with a big corporation significantly increase because they are looking for ways to optimize their expenses and actively search for new beneficial partnerships.
   
   
2. Updating the structure of the offer. Since IT teams have new customers on their radar, they need to adjust their offers to prospects' needs.
   
   
3. Implementing BI tools. Taking into account the economical recession, IT businesses have no right for mistakes when making strategic decisions. That's why they use business intelligence tools to analyze every single bit of information and make every move informed.
   
   
4. Consolidating data and integrating platforms. This is the point we are going to discuss in detail right below.
   

The answer is pretty much on the surface. Companies are struggling to survive the Covid-19 crisis and in the first turn, they are searching for ways to reduce expenses without quality and productivity loss.

Innovative technologies enable companies to get rid of manual operations and save employees' time along with their numbers. In other words, when most of your manual processes are automated you don't need too many people to achieve your business goals as your production efficiency is close to its maximum.

At the same time, developers' teams introduce a wiser decision-making approach to make their strategies more actionable. They use business intelligence tools to process and analyze all project data and ground their choices on accurate values.

Below you will find some quick tips on best Jira integrations. We will tell you how to integrate your Jira platform with Git (GitHub, GitLab) and BI tools (Tableau, Power BI), which will surely save you some time and cash.

Whether you are using Github or Bitbucket to push your code, you can connect the repository with Jira to make the workflow of your development team more streamlined. Let's firstly take a look at Smart Git Integration solution, and then learn how to add Jira as one of the data sources for analysis with business intelligence apps.

Smart Git Integration is a simple solution allowing us to connect Jira and Github, Jira and Gitlab or another Git provider. It is a user-friendly plugin that offers straightforward administrative settings.

The plugin turns commit message or branch name to a digital bridge that binds a repository via the Jira Issue Key sharing. This enables you to handle your Git tasks right from the Jira platform using one and the same tool.

What Smart Integration does, it replicates a repository and analyzes the info locally. It doesn't send any requests to Git Provider API or receiving webhooks because it's too slow. The application dramatically increases efficiency and improves UX with its effortless setup and prompt updates.

Do you need Jira Github or Jira Gitlab integration? Smart Git integration works for the following Git Providers: Gitlab, Github, Bitbucket, Beanstalk.

No matter what your team size is, try Smart Git Jira Integration for free for 30 days.
The Cloud version of this app is permanently free for small teams up to 10 users.
The plugin is available on the Alpha Serve Marketplace page.

Read how to integrate Git and Jira in our blog post.

We have already said at the beginning of this article that tracking and analyzing all indicators of your IT business is critical for making wise strategic decisions. You will surely agree that Jira as a project management tool is an ultimate valid source of data for your tech company, as well as any other organization or industry.

Using Jira integrations with business intelligence tools you currently employ, will bring actionable insights on your screen and facilitate the process of making decisions that trigger success.

Let's see how BI Jira connectors work at the example of Power BI Connector for Jira.

The plugin allows adding Jira to the list of main data sources for Power BI and acquiring detailed fresh updates necessary for running a project.

Bring all your current projects in one view to generate unconventional decisions and achieve your goals faster. Having BI tools connected to Jira, a project manager can accurately determine both the effect of the current activity on company results and their personal input.

Check the example use case of the Power BI Connector for Jira here.

All plugins have free trials which means you can test their functionality for 30 days just for nothing.

The Cloud versions of Connectors are permanently free for small teams up to 10 users.

That's pretty much of it. We have named some of the major trends that are rapidly developing during the Covid-19 crisis and discussed some practical ways of how IT teams can adjust to the circumstances, optimize the workflow, save time, money, and get a profit with the right technologies.

Hope the info was useful. You can share your impressions in the comments below or just tell about the cool Jira integrations to your friends who are also struggling with productivity issues.