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Jira integration

Strategy Hub runs inside Jira, so the connection to your delivery work is built in. You link a Strategic Item to the Jira work items that move it forward, let an Item’s progress track those work items, query the links from Jira’s own search, and read an Item’s strategic context on the work item itself. Teams sync across from Jira too—that half lives in Configure teams and labels.

A leaf Item—a Key Result, KPI, or Measure—links to the Jira work items that deliver it. The link is the bridge between the strategy and the work that fulfills it. Open the Item, expand Linked work items, and add work items two ways:

  • Link work item — search by work item key or summary and pick specific ones. Use it when you know exactly which work items belong.
  • Add JQL rule — save a JQL query, and every work item it matches links automatically. Use it when the set is a moving target, like everything under a release epic.

A single work item can link to several Items—cross-cutting work counts toward more than one Objective. Sync linked items re-reads the linked work items on demand, and Strategy Hub also refreshes them as they change in Jira, so each row shows the work item’s live status.

The Linked work items section of an Item listing three linked Jira work items with their key, summary, progress, and status, above actions to link work items, add a JQL rule, and sync

Progress from linked work items#

An Item’s progress doesn’t have to be a number someone types. Set the Item to track progress based on linked work items and Strategy Hub derives it from the work items themselves—for example, the share of them that are Done. It recomputes whenever a linked work item changes.

This is one of three ways an Item’s value updates. Statuses and progress covers all three, and how linked work items can also weight a parent’s rollup. A derived value keeps the progress bar current, but it doesn’t reset the staleness clock—only a manual update counts as someone confirming the number.

Query linked work items from Jira#

Strategy Hub adds a custom JQL function so you can find work items by the Item they support, right from Jira’s search:

issue in linkedToStrategyItem("KR-10")

This returns the Jira work items linked to that Item. Use it in board and backlog filters, saved searches, and automation rules—anywhere JQL works. The Show in Jira search link in an Item’s Linked work items section opens Jira search already filled with this query.

The Strategy Hub panel on a Jira work item#

Open a Jira work item and Strategy Hub adds a panel to its right-hand column, tying the work back to the strategy without leaving the work item.

A Jira work item page with the Strategy Hub panel in the right-hand column, showing a linked Key Result with its status and progress, marked with three numbered callouts

  1. Strategy Hub panel — sits among the work item’s other panels in the right column.
  2. Linked Items — every Item the work item contributes to, each with its Status and progress. Click one to open it in Strategy Hub, or switch between a flat list and a tree.
  3. Link item — connect the work item to an Item without leaving Jira.