Turn 2 into 1: Atlassian merges JWM and JSW into Jira

Jira is a key tool for the growth of companies and has fundamentally changed the way Agile and DevOps teams work. At the Atlassian "Team 24" event in Las Vegas, the latest version was presented, in which Jira Work Management and Jira Software are combined into a comprehensive platform.

One Jira for all teams

Jira Software and Jira Work Management help teams track and complete their work effectively. This includes not only development teams, but also departments such as marketing. To help them do their jobs even better, Atlassian is merging Jira Work Management and Jira Software into a single, powerful project management tool. And it will only be called Jira.

What exactly will change?

In addition to simplified license management in a single project, there are some interesting new features that Jira users will see as a result of this merger.

Goals in Jira

In future, Jira users will be able to add goals to their projects and tasks. This allows specific targets or results to be defined and these and the associated work to be made visible across teams. Company goals and the teams involved can also be viewed in the "Goals Directory".

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Plans in Jira

Jira integrates the best features of JWM into Jira Plans, including a calendar view and an updated summary view that makes it easy to create and navigate plans. Additionally, customers can add specific goals to projects that are visible company-wide and can be viewed in the "Goals Directory" along with involved teams.

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List view in Jira

The list view, previously only available in Jira Work Management, is now available for all types of Jira projects (Service Management, Software, Business). Jira users can now not only view tasks in boards or as search results, but also view and directly edit tasks and their details in a clear and sortable list.

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What does this mean for you?

Jira Software customers

For users of Jira Software, no special changes or measures are required as part of the new features. Customers with an existing Jira Software subscription will automatically receive access to the new Jira interfaceon May 1, 2024. This update will have no impact on existing projects and there will be no changes to pricing or plans.

Jira Work Management customers

As of May 1, 2024, Jira Work Management plans will no longer be available for new purchases. Existing customers with a Jira Work Management subscription can continue to use it until early 2025. After this period, the Jira Work Management subscription will automatically convert to a Jira subscription. Until then, there will be no price adjustments to your Jira Work Management subscription. For the first renewal after the conversion, you will automatically receive a 10% discount on your Jira subscription.

After the changeover, you will continue to work with your Jira projects as usual.

JSW and JWM: users of both products

If you use both Jira Software and Jira Work Management, it depends on which license is assigned to a user.

1. Users with a Jira Software subscription will have access to the new Jira Experience from May 1, 2024, with no impact on existing projects. There will be no price adjustment.

1. Users with a Jira Work Management subscription will continue to have access to Jira Work Management until the beginning of 2025, but with minor branding changes. There will be no price adjustment.

Starting in 2025, Jira Work Management subscriptions will automatically convert to a Jira subscription and Jira Work Management users will have full access to the Jira Cloud feature set. For the first renewal after the conversion, users will automatically receive a 10% discount on their Jira subscription.

New Jira customers

New customers have full access to the new Jira features at the time of purchase.

What's coming next ?

1st quarter 2025
For existing customers: Automatic migration of Jira Work Management and Jira Software