By combining Miro’s captivating visuals with Jira’s task management capabilities, product managers can create, collaborate on, and easily track product roadmaps for seamless delivery.
As product managers, one of our primary responsibilities is to prepare, prioritise, and present roadmaps in our day-to-day work. Once these roadmaps gain agreement from internal and external stakeholders, they need to be translated into actionable stories and tasks, which require diligent tracking for successful implementation.
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Miro and Jira are commonly utilised for roadmapping purposes. However, neither tool fully meets the intended purpose on its own. Miro Roadmap feature stands out as a visually appealing tool, excelling at generating high-level, 10,000 feet view roadmaps. It proves particularly useful for collaboration and sharing with larger audiences. However, Miro falls short in certain areas such as task management and task filtering through labelling.
Jira offers a roadmap feature that includes labelling and task tracking capabilities. It falls behind when it comes to collaboration. Sharing your Jira board with stakeholders can be cumbersome, and its visual presentation may not meet desired standards. However, Jira’s greatest advantage lies in its robust task management capabilities, enabling seamless assignment of stories to specific roadmap items and owners. This feature provides clear visibility into task completion and progress tracking.
To harness the full potential of both tools, a blended approach combining Miro and Jira can unlock significant value for product managers, their teams, and the organisation as a whole. By leveraging Miro’s visually rich environment, product managers can create comprehensive high-level roadmaps. These roadmaps can then be seamlessly linked with their Jira boards for effective task tracking and streamlined product delivery management. This integration allows product managers to leverage the strengths of both tools, optimising their roadmap creation, collaboration, and implementation processes.
