Importance of Reporting and Analytics During COVID-19 Crisis

IT teams all over the world adjust to the new workstyle imposed by COVID-19 quarantine restrictions. Despite the good news about small victories, it's evident that the coronavirus pandemic continues to challenge people and the economy.

China is reporting a drastic reduction in new cases, although this was achieved using extensive lockdown measures.

The first US clinical trials for a potential vaccine have begun in Seattle. Biotech company Moderna has taken a piece of the genetic code for the pathogen's S protein -- the part that's present in other coronaviruses, like SARS -- and fused it with fatty nanoparticles which can be injected into the body.

Vint Cerf (known as the father of internet), who is 76, tweeted on April 3: "Good news - VA Public Health has certified my wife and me as no longer contagious with COVID19. Recovering!"

Source: cnet.com

Of course, everyone understands that the Covid19 crisis can't last forever but it's difficult to predict when employees will be able to come back to the offices and whether they want to come back. The work-from-home model may be rather savvy for enterprises as they don't need to pay rent while the team's productivity still stays high if the workflow is well-organized of course.

There is no lack of innovative technology solutions aimed at remote teams' efficiency in the market today. Many vendors are even offering their products for free during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Atlassian is not an exception here. So, if you are not using Jira, Confluence, Trello or other cloud solutions developed by Atlassian, it's a favorable time to introduce some of them to your team.

Modern development teams are rarely content with project management software only. They use a bunch of other services for reporting and analysis. In times of coronavirus quarantine, when real-life meetings and personal contacts are not recommended, it is utterly important to have simple and easily renewable reports always at hand. The situation changes rapidly and it is critical for businesses to make timely decisions.

When managers and decision-makers are working remotely, well-coordinated work is possible only when all parties have relevant reports and data wherever they are. This ensures that all team is "on the same page".

Companies that are serious about customers' happiness and business success use business intelligence tools to make their decisions really informed. Many of them are available on the net. The choice depends on company size, the scope of data for analysis, the number of data sources, preferred reports style, price, and many other factors.

Another secret of stable progress and efficiency is in making all innovative software you use work as one system. Multiple separate apps may add some mess in your workflow. Besides, it's rather time-consuming to manually input data to all your apps especially now, when due to the coronavirus outbreak nobody wants to make long-term predictions and businesses need to monitor the market daily if not hourly.

So, the path of automation and integration is the only one that is correct now. So, if you (like most IT teams) use Jira to manage your projects, you can add the system as the source of data for analysis in Power BI, Tableau or BigQuery. All you need to visualize your Jira dashboards is one of the following connectors.

Another secret of stable progress and efficiency is in making all innovative software you use work as one system. Multiple separate apps may add some mess in your workflow. Besides, it's rather time-consuming to manually input data to all your apps especially now, when due to the coronavirus outbreak nobody wants to make long-term predictions and businesses need to monitor the market daily if not hourly.

So, the path of automation and integration is the only one that is correct now. So, if you (like most IT teams) use Jira to manage your projects, you can add the system as the source of data for analysis in Power BI, Tableau or BigQuery. All you need to visualize your Jira dashboards is one of the following connectors.

Power BI Connector for Jira is a piece of software that you use to migrate all of your Jira files to Power BI. It supports an assortment of Jira data specifications, so you can extract any field you want, be it Jira tables or Service Desk or something else. The App is authorized by the Data Centre.

Tableau Connector allows Jira to be connected to data sources and to process the latest and most accurate data in order to make clear business decisions. The app can be personalized to suit any ability level and is easy. The add-on supports several configurations of Jira data, so you can export any field you like. It is approved by the Data Center.

Using BigQuery Connector for Jira, you can upload all info from your project management tool to Google BigQuery, which is an enterprise data repository that solves the issue of massive data sets being stored and queried by enabling lightning-faced SQL queries. BigQuery uses the computational power of Google's supplied tools.

It is easy to use and customize BigQuery Connector for Jira. It allows you to export any necessary sector, from Jira Service Desk to Agile. The Data Centre approves the extension.

All plugins have free trials which means you can test their functionality for 30 days just for nothing.
The Cloud versions of Power BI, Tableau, and BigQuery Connectors for Jira are permanently free for small teams up to 10 users.

No matter how you work, you want to stay productive, grow your business, and earn more money while delivering the best solutions to the customers.

COVID-19 crisis challenges IT teams as well as other businesses. However, most of them take all difficulties and inconveniences as temporary and do their best to minimize negative recession impact.

In this article, we have discussed the importance of reporting and analytics during COVID-19. We also identified great tools to generate those visual reports. Remember that Jira is your main data source, so it's an absolute must to connect it to the BI tool you are using to get the latest and fullest data and take consistent business decisions.

Evolve your project data into actionable insights, maintain a single view of all your developments, track team activities, assess results, and examine results. This will help to keep yourself concentrated and organized.