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Velocity or throughput? Which delivery metric should your Jira team track?

Velocity shows how much estimated work a team completes. Throughput shows how many work items reach Done during a selected period. Both are useful, but they answer different questions.

In our latest article, we explore:

📊 When to use velocity, throughput, or both
⚙️ How to track them with native Jira reports
🔍 The limitations of Jira native reports
📈 How more configurable gadgets can provide deeper insights and context for velocity and throughput

Whether you work with Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, or ITSM, choosing the right metric starts with the question you want your dashboard to answer.

Read the full article: https://blog.stonikbyte.com/2026/09/02/velocity-vs-throughput-choosing-the-right-delivery-metric-for-your-jira-team/

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One release can span several Jira teams or projects. Your reporting should not be split across several dashboards

Great Gadgets for Jira brings all the important release metrics together in one live dashboard:

📉 Scope, progress, milestones and forecasted ETA
🧮 Completion, remaining work and custom KPIs
📊 Progress broken down by teams, projects, epics or initiatives
⏳ Aging work items and WIP trends
🔄 Flow, velocity and each team’s contribution
📈 Quality metrics, bug trend

Need to focus on one team or project?

Use the Great Gadgets Controller to apply a saved preset or custom JQL filter across compatible gadgets on the same dashboard. Move from the complete release picture to the team view you need without creating and maintaining a separate dashboard for every team.

One release. One dashboard. One version of the truth.

👉 Learn how to track multi-team and SAFe projects in Jira: https://blog.stonikbyte.com/2022/02/01/how-to-track-scaled-agile-projects-in-jira-with-great-gadgets-app/

👉 Explore Great Gadgets for Jira and discover what's possible.

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▪️Great Gadgets for Jira Data Center - https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1218777/great-gadgets-for-jira-dc-agile-charts-reports-kpis?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Release_Dashboard_in_Jira_260826
▪️Great Gadgets for Confluence - https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1226592/great-gadgets-for-confluence-agile-charts-custom-reports?hosting=cloud&tab=overview&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Release_Dashboard_in_Jira_260826

Is your project on track? Or does the dashboard only show what has already happened?

Great Gadgets for Azure DevOps helps you answer both questions with real-time progress tracking and ETA forecasting.

Whether you’re managing a focused initiative or a complex, multi-team delivery, you can:

📉 Track release progress across multiple teams
📅 Forecast the ETA based on current team velocity
📊 Analyze work completion with pivot tables and charts
🧮 Build custom progress KPIs with formula widgets
🔎 View delivery status from the perspective that matters to your team

No manual exports. No disconnected reports. Just clear, real-time insights directly on your Azure DevOps dashboards.

See where work stands, understand where delivery is heading and act before delays become surprises.

👉 Try Great Gadgets for Azure DevOps free for 30 days: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=StonikByte.stonikbyte-great-gadgets-extension&ssr=false&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Project_Progress_%26_Forecast_Delivery_210826

We’re proud to share two important achievements:

🏆 StonikByte is now an Atlassian Marketplace Platinum Partner -
A milestone that reflects the growth of our apps and our commitment to delivering high-quality solutions and support.

🔐 We’ve successfully completed our SOC 2 Type II audit -
In addition to our ISO/IEC 27001 certification, this provides further independent assurance of our strong security controls and commitment to protecting customer data.

These milestones reflect two sides of the same journey: the continued growth and adoption of our products, and our commitment to building them on a strong foundation of security, reliability, and trust.

Since joining the Atlassian Marketplace in 2012, we’ve grown to support 5,000+ companies across 95+ countries, with Great Gadgets at the heart of that journey.

A big thank you to our customers, partners, the Atlassian community, and everyone who has been part of it so far. 💙

We’re proud of what we’ve achieved. And even more excited about what comes next. 🎉

Have you noticed that Jira's Time Tracking, User Workload, and Version Workload reports are being retired?

If your team relies on these reports to monitor logged time, balance workload, or plan releases, you might be wondering what comes next.

Many Jira teams have been using those built-in reports for years.

But as projects grow, fixed reports often aren't enough. Teams need to analyze workload across projects, compare releases, track logged time by sprint, or build dashboards for different stakeholders.

With the retirement of Jira's Time Tracking, User Workload, and Version Workload reports, now is a good time to rethink how you report on your projects.

In our latest article, we explore what these reports were used for and show how dashboard-based reporting can provide the same insights while giving you much more flexibility to group, filter, visualize, and calculate the metrics that matter to your team.

📖 Read the blog:
https://blog.stonikbyte.com/2026/08/07/jira-is-retiring-time-tracking-user-workload-and-version-workload-reports-what-now/?utm_campaign=Jira_Retiring_Time_Tracking_User_Workload_Version_Workload_Reports_070826&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=referral

Why export data to spreadsheets when you can build advanced reports directly in your ADO dashboards?

Most teams still move data to Excel just to create pivot tables and reports.
But that extra step slows everything down.

With the Pivot Table & Pivot Chart Widget in Great Gadgets for Azure DevOps, you can:
✔ Build advanced, pivot-style reports directly in Azure DevOps dashboards
✔ Slice and group data by assignee, type, time, priority or any other field
✔ Visualize insights with tables, heatmaps, or charts of various types
✔ Track key metrics like work distribution or epic progress
✔ Calculate count, sum of field, percentages

No exports. No spreadsheets. Just insights where you need them.

📽️ Watch this short tutorial to see how it works 👇

Pivot Table & Pivot Chart Widget Tutorial: Build Advanced Reports in Azure DevOps Dashboards Learn how to build advanced reports and analyze work items using th...

Jira comes with plenty of reports, but every team has different reporting needs.

Whether you're tracking sprint progress, release status, worklogs, flow metrics, team workload, or executive KPIs, having everything in one place makes reporting much easier.

Great Gadgets for Jira brings together a complete set of dashboard gadgets designed to help teams visualize their data the way they need it.

From Scrum and Kanban to ITSM and portfolio reporting, build dashboards that help your team make better decisions.

👉 Explore Great Gadgets for Jira and discover what's possible.

▪️ Great Gadgets for Jira Cloud - https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1216564/great-gadgets-for-jira-cloud-agile-charts-reports-kpis?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=300726
▪️Great Gadgets for Jira Data Center - https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1218777/great-gadgets-for-jira-dc-agile-charts-reports-kpis?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=300726
▪️Great Gadgets for Confluence - https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1226592/great-gadgets-for-confluence-agile-charts-custom-reports?hosting=cloud&tab=overview&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=300726

How much work can your team actually deliver?

Not what you hope. Not what you plan.
But what your data actually shows.

Without understanding your team’s throughput, planning becomes guesswork. Deadlines slip. Expectations drift.

Throughput answers a simple but critical question:
👉 How much work gets done over time?

With the Kanban Velocity/Throughput Widget in Great Gadgets for Azure DevOps, you can:

✔ Track how much work is completed in each time interval
✔ Understand your team’s delivery pace
✔ Spot trends and improvements over time
✔ Use real data to plan and forecast more accurately

Watch this short tutorial to see how to measure throughput and bring more predictability into your delivery 👇

Kanban Velocity/Throughput Widget Tutorial: Track Delivery Pace in Azure DevOps Dashboards Learn how to measure your team’s delivery pace and improve planning...

How much time is left until your next release?

Everyone has the date in mind (or maybe not...🤭 )
But without visibility, deadlines can easily slip or catch teams off guard.

A simple countdown can make a big difference:
It keeps the deadline visible, creates urgency, and aligns everyone around what’s coming next.

With the Countdown Widget in Great Gadgets for Azure DevOps, you can:
✔ Display time remaining until your next release (or any other important event)
✔ Keep important event dates visible on your dashboard
✔ Customize how time is shown (days, hours, etc.)
✔ Exclude weekends for more accurate tracking

Watch this short tutorial to see how to add a countdown to your Azure DevOps dashboard and keep your team focused on what matters 👇

Countdown Widget Tutorial: Visualize Time to Events in Azure DevOps Dashboards Learn how to track upcoming deadlines and important events using th...