Zach Boerner is a senior technical consultant at ServiceRocket. He joins Nice Work! to talk about Jira Portfolio and how to use it right. Lacey asked the right question, "How long does it take to see Jira Portfolio's real value?" Zach's answer was comforting and frightening. "If you are doing everything right, your return on investment in Jira Portfolio is instantaneous," says Zach. Doing everything right means you have a well-groomed backlog and your stories are estimated out for a reasonable amount of time. In other words, your data has to be good. Of course. If you get that part right, then Jira Portfolio will show you where your work stands. Zach explains that you will know 1) we have a full year of work for this team ahead of us, and we are in big trouble with our current deadlines; OR 2) our backlog ends in only three months and then what are we going to work on. In either case, we can use the output from Jira Portfolio to make decisions, ask for resources, or let the business know they can make that new product announcement at the conference in the spring. 

This is the kind of visibility into our projects most companies would love to have. Zach helps us get our mind straight about what we need to have in place for us to realize the value of it. 

Learn more about Zach:

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacharyboerner/
• ServiceRocket: http://atlassian.servicerocket.com

Connect with your host, Lacey Carlyle:

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lacey-carlyle/
• All other social media @LaceyTalksTech