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Jul 25, 2024
5 Free Agile Product Roadmap Templates Your Team Can Use Today
Roadmap templates are a great tool in your planning arsenal. Templates save you time, and having a variety helps you think tactically for different scenarios.
Jul 22, 2024
4 High-Level Stakeholder Engagement Strategies for Tactical Projects
As we all know, you need stakeholders to get anything done, so think tactically about engaging them.
Jul 21, 2024
How to Teach Your Team Task Prioritization Methods that Stick
You can prioritize all you want, but if your team isn’t doing the same, it’s more work for you. Here's how to get your team trained...
Jul 18, 2024
Thinking Tactically About Your Jira Issue Hierarchy
Some tasks matter more than others. Thinking strategically about your system for these helps you create smoother workflows.
Jul 15, 2024
4 Risk Assessment Matrix Templates with Examples
Risk assessment matrices help you plan and strategize before you deploy your projects, especially in compliance-related fields.
Jul 14, 2024
The Ultimate JQL Cheat Sheet: How To Get Started, from an Expert
JQL can empower you to work better in Jira… if you understand it. Visor's Head of Engineering is here to break it down for beginners.
Jul 11, 2024
How to Run a Successful Tag up Meeting
So you’ve been asked to run a tag up meeting. No problem! Here’s what to do to make it meaningful.
Jul 8, 2024
Creating Your Own After Action Templates For Every Situation
Creating your own after action review templates helps you harness a powerful tool in a more bespoke way. Here's how.
Jul 1, 2024
How To Structure The Best Kanban Flow For Your Specific Needs
Kanban can be extremely powerful if you can break the to do / doing / done pattern. Here are innovative ways to kanban smarter.
Jun 28, 2024
12 Productboard Alternatives To Help Make Your Products Better
Looking for a better fit than Productboard? Don't miss out on these options - and our take on the best fit for you.
Jun 24, 2024
Best Jira Plugins 2024 – Which Should You Use?
Jira has a wide array pf plugins yo help you work better. Which ones are right for you?
Jun 20, 2024
Deep Understanding for Epics vs Features vs Stories
Epics, Features, and Stories are task types for agile project management, but are you understanding and using them to their full extent?
Jun 17, 2024
Jira for Marketing – How To Get The Best Results
Jira is a popular choice for Engineering teams. but did you know it can do so much more? Here's how to use Jira for marketing.
Jun 13, 2024
Project Success: The Art of Delegation in Project Management
Delegation is a key skill, yet many PMs skip it. This post will show you how to delegate effectively so you can take back your time.
Jun 10, 2024
Jira For Non-Software Projects: How To Get The Best Results
Jira is the go-to for engineering projects for a reason. But did you know it can do much more?
Jun 6, 2024
How to Use AI to Create Effective Agile User Stories
Agile user stories help you understand your end user better. AI can save you time, so long as you’re cautious to use it judiciously.
Jun 3, 2024
Agile Board Swimlanes: What They Are and How to Use Them
Swimlanes add clarity to your Kanban board, making it easier to see what’s going on in projects and how your team is doing. Here's how to...
May 30, 2024
Hybrid Schedule Compression Techniques For Project Managers
Compressing your schedule can save you time and get a lost project back on track, but only if you do it right. Here's how.
May 23, 2024
Building A Better Agile Standup Meeting Agenda
Agile standups are the perfect meeting in theory. In practice, they suffer from a lot of creep. Here's how to get back on track and have...
May 20, 2024
Conducting A More Effective Project Health Assessment
Project health assessments are how you know if your project is on track. Is your approach tactical enough to make the most of the process?
May 16, 2024
How to Help Your Team with Burnout as a Project Manager
Burnout reduces productivity and may mean losing valuable team members to turnover. Here's changes you can make to reduce the stress and burnout.
May 13, 2024
Agile Estimation Techniques: How To Pick The Right Method For The Job
Agile estimation techniques are many and varied. Here's how to pick the right one for each situation.
May 7, 2024
Atlassian Team ‘24 Conference: Visor’s Big Takeaways
The Atlassian Team conference is a brilliant confluence (see what we did there?) of project managers, product managers, team leads, and admins of all sorts. A...
Apr 30, 2024
Joining Visor – Why I Jumped in
Master marketer James Taylor weighs in on why he jumped onboard the Visor rocket ship, and what's next for him now.
Apr 29, 2024
Confluence Gantt Chart: Your How To Guide
In this post, we go over various ways you can add a Gantt chart to Confluence -- even showing you a free solution that stays in...
Apr 25, 2024
16 Project Management Influencers You Should be Following in 2024
Whether you're delving into Agile methodologies, navigating leadership challenges, or seeking career advice, these PM influencers offer invaluable wisdom and guidance.
Apr 18, 2024
How To Start Using AI for Project Management Today
There are a growing number of ways to start using AI in project management. Here are some ways to get on the cutting-edge.
Apr 11, 2024
How to Use Agile Gantt Charts in Project Management
Gantt charts are a beloved cornerstone of Agile methodologies. This is your ultimate guide to understanding them and using them effectively.
Apr 4, 2024
Your Complete Guide to Gantt Chart Milestones
In the world of project management, where timelines are tight and tasks are plentiful, it takes careful planning to achieve your goals. A Gantt chart, a...
Mar 21, 2024
Board View Alpha Launch: A New Way to Align Your Team in Visor
Managing a project without due dates can turn into a mess. But Visor's new Board View keeps you in alignment, no matter what.
Mar 14, 2024
Think your PLG strategy doesn’t need sales people? Think again.
We're a product-led growth company. But we're hiring our first salesperson. Here's why, and why it might not look like you'd expect.
Mar 7, 2024
Visor Has a New Senior Content Marketing Manager (Spoiler: Its Me)
I’m organized. When you hear that, you’re probably thinking my house is tidy. And you’re right, but that’s really not getting into the depths of the...
Feb 18, 2024
Founder & CEO Michael Yaroshefsky Discusses Visor’s Journey
The final installment of On the Roadmap is here. Rae concludes this podcast with CEO and founder of Visor, Michael Yaroshefsky.
Feb 15, 2024
17 Smartsheet Alternatives and Competitors (+ Pricing)
If Smartsheet isn’t meeting your needs, there are plenty of alternatives. We’ve put together a list of apps you can use instead.
Feb 8, 2024
Stakeholder Alignment: How Project Managers Save Time with Visor
Maintaining stakeholder alignment during a project's lifecycle can prove challenging to project mangers. These Visor tips will help make that process easier.
Feb 7, 2024
Serial Tech Entrepreneur Chris Cooke Talks About Leadership & Empathy
Rae chats with serial tech entrepreneur Chris Cooke about empathy as a leader and the mindset Chris cultivated while creating two Atlassian Platinum vendors.
Feb 2, 2024
11 Zapier Alternatives and Competitors in 2024
Automations and integrations can power your workflow. Here we go through some of the best alternatives to Zapier.
Jan 25, 2024
Atlassian Senior Product Manager Katie Silver Discusses Her Career Journey
In this episode of Visor’s podcast, “On the Roadmap,” host Rae Foote chats with Katie Silver, a Senior Product Manager at Atlassian about how to avoid...
Jan 23, 2024
Top 11 Google Sheets Alternatives to Try in 2024
Spreadsheets are a business essential for keeping your data organized. And the current King of the Spreadsheet is Google Sheets. That being said, there are reasons...
Jan 22, 2024
View Settings: Instantly Understand Your Workbook Data
Visor's new View Settings feature makes it easier to share Custom Views with stakeholders. Let's explore!
Jan 17, 2024
What actually popped InVision’s billion-dollar bubble (Hint: it wasn’t Figma)
Nobody would have guessed that seven years after InVision’s meteoric rise, it would be labeled “the Myspace of design tools.” Visor CEO explains what happened.
Jan 14, 2024
Sajit Nair Discusses the Importance of Community & Time Management
Atlassian Community Leader and Creator, Sajit Nair, talks about why he invests his time in community and offers tips for others.
Jan 12, 2024
Jira Github Integration: How-to Guide and Best Practices
Find out how you can integrate GitHub with Jira so that you can match your GitHub code with projects in Jira.
Jan 11, 2024
3 Top Agile Trends for 2024: Atlassian Creator Predictions
Get the Agile trends you'll see in 2024 from Atlassian Creator, Rae Foote. Rae also includes the predictions of other agile and Jira experts.
Jan 10, 2024
Zendesk Jira Integration: Guide for Beginners
When Zendesk and Jira combine forces, customers win. Here, we go over how to setup a Zendesk Jira integration, along with limitations you should be aware...
Jan 5, 2024
Hernán Halabi Discusses How Tech Can Foster Work-Life Balance
In the latest installment of Visor’s podcast, “On the Roadmap”, host Rae Foote chats with IT expert and fellow Atlassian Creator, Hernán Halabi.
Jan 4, 2024
Smartsheet Jira Connector: Integration Setup & Pricing Info
Smartsheet’s Jira Connector can be costly. Here, we go over pricing for this add-on, how to set it up, and alternatives.
Jan 3, 2024
Project Management Trends You’ll See in 2024
Atlassian Creator Rae Foote predicts with project management trends PMOs can expect to see in 2024.
Dec 28, 2023
Brittany Joiner Shares Productivity Tips for the Neurodivergent
In the latest installment of Visor's podcast, "On the Roadmap," host Rae Foote chats with fellow Atlassian Creator and self-proclaimed productivity nerd, Brittany Joiner.
Dec 27, 2023
Jira Airtable Integration: How to Guide & Alternatives
A Jira Airtable integration makes collaboration easier for teams using these different apps. Discover how to connect Jira & Airtable in this actionable article.
Dec 26, 2023
5 Ways Visor Custom Views Help Teams Collaborate Better
Discover how Visor's Custom Views allow project managers to share always up-to-date reports and roadmaps for stakeholders who don't use PM apps like Jira.
Dec 20, 2023
Jira Milestones in Roadmaps: Your Comprehensive Guide
Add Jira Milestones to your roadmaps and Gantts. We'll show how and answer all your questions about using Milestones in Visor.
Dec 19, 2023
Jimmy Seddon on Community, Priorities, and Remote Work Realities
This week on the "On the Roadmap" podcast, host Rae Foote chats with her guest (and fellow Atlassian Creator), Jimmy Se
Dec 14, 2023
Climbing the Curve: The Platitude-free Guide to Identifying Early Signs of Product-Market Fit
Visor's CEO unpacks the journey toward product-market fit, and how entrepreneurs can determine whether they're on the right path toward it.
Dec 14, 2023
Smarter Project Roadmaps: Visor Introduces Milestones Feature
Milestones add clarity to your project plans. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce that you can now display Milestones in Visor.
Dec 13, 2023
Jira Zapier Integration FAQs, Tutorial, and Alternatives
Get the basics of a Zapier Jira integration. Discover how to connect Zapier with Jira, which automations work best with Jira, and Zapier alternatives.
Dec 12, 2023
15 Atlassian Creators You Need to Follow on LinkedIn
To help you maximize the time you spend scrolling on LinkedIn, we created a quick rundown of some of the Atlassian Creators we find helpful to...
Dec 11, 2023
Rodney Nissen Open Up on Career, Resilience, & Being the Jira Guy
This week on the "On the Roadmap" podcast, host Rae Foote chats with her guest (and fellow Atlassian Creator), Rodney Nissen, aka "The Jira Guy".
Dec 6, 2023
Save Time with Visor’s Updated Record Details Panel
This new feature update will save you time and allow you to access, edit, and format project details with ease.
Dec 2, 2023
5 Jira Backlog Grooming Best Practices
Perfect the best practices of backlog grooming to make your backlog ready for harvest.
Nov 30, 2023
Jira and Google Sheets Integration – Options & How to Guide
A Jira to Google Sheets integration can be accomplished in a few different ways. If you’ve been searching for solutions on the subject that will come...
Nov 23, 2023
3 Best Ways to Export Jira Data to Excel (+ Video Tutorial)
We cover the limitations to consider when exporting a CSV file in Jira, along with two options for getting your Jira data into a spreadsheet.
Nov 22, 2023
Visor’s Jira Integration: 6 Unmatched Advantages for PMs
In this post, we cover how Visor can help you maintain a central source of truth, visualize your data, and whole lot more.
Nov 14, 2023
6 Ways to Manage Jira Projects Better with Visor
You may use Jira, but do all your teammates? In this post, you’ll learn how Visor helps project managers collaborate and accomplish more.
Oct 27, 2023
Jira Timeline vs. Advanced Roadmaps: A Guide for Project Managers
After reading this post, you'll have clarity and actionable knowledge about making Jira Roadmaps that work for you.
Oct 20, 2023
4 Ways Project Managers Build Stakeholder Trust with Visor
Project managers using Visor have discovered they can win back hours every week while making stakeholders happy.
Oct 3, 2023
The Easy Way to Color Code Your Gantt Chart: Color Presets & Tips
Color-coded Gantt charts are helpful for tracking and visualizing projects. Here are tips for making them. Plus, a tutorial that includes color presets.
Sep 28, 2023
Introducing Visor’s New Workspace Homepage
Our newest update makes it easier for you to collaborate with stakeholders and find the workbooks you need to share and update.
Sep 20, 2023
How to Do a Bulk Edit in Jira: Tutorials and Options
Make bulk edits to Jira data and project plans in minutes. We’ll show you how with a step-by-step guide and a video.
Sep 18, 2023
How to Set Up and Use the Jira Slack Integration (+ FAQs)
A Jira and Slack integration can help you be more efficient. Here, we’ll show you the common use cases for combining these tools, along with other...
Sep 14, 2023
Jira Gantt Charts: Tutorial & Guide for Project Managers
Jira Gantt charts make project managers more efficient and successful. Explore a couple ways to make one of your own with this handy guide.
Sep 12, 2023
101 Funniest Project Management Memes and TikToks
We sourced the most relatable project management memes and TikToks on the internet and made a few dozen of our own.
Sep 7, 2023
Color Theory for Project Managers: Using Color to Tell a Story
When it comes to project management, data tells your story. So, how can we use color to make this data go even further? Find out with...
Aug 24, 2023
Culture + Solving Challenges: My Journey to Joining Team Visor
Software engineer Tyler Diminick details why Visor's culture and product drove him to join Team Visor.
Aug 16, 2023
The Unique Innovation That Drove Me to Join Visor as a Software Engineer
Find out why Andrew wanted to join Team Visor and work on challenges that drive value for business users.
Aug 15, 2023
6 Tips for Creating a Jira and Asana Integration (+ Guide)
Discover the benefits of integrations for driving cross-team collaboration with these must-know tips and detailed guide.
Aug 14, 2023
Visor’s Knowledge Base: How to Work Smarter and Faster with Visor
Whether you’re new to Visor, or are curious about what else you can accomplish with Visor, our revamped Knowledge Base can help you.
Aug 10, 2023
Landing the Coding Career I’d Always Wanted, at Visor
Mel Marshall details her professional journey as a software engineer and what led her to join Team Visor.
Jul 25, 2023
Meet Visor’s First Product Manager
As a product manager, it's easy to develop a distrust of new technologies and new companies these days. Visor is different.
Jun 28, 2023
Why Visor and Why Now? A Note from Visor’s First Product Marketing Manager
Joining the small but powerful team Visor as its first Product Marketing Manager was a decision fueled by a thoughtful interview process, genuine team camaraderie, and...
May 2, 2023
Birth Charts: A Good Way to Analyze Business Partnerships?
Can we predict promising business ventures based on birth chart compatibility between two companies?
Apr 7, 2023
Words and Numbers: How to Make Your Data Speak for You
Data is a way to communicate. Can we take what we know about communication styles and apply it to our data analysis?
Apr 5, 2023
What It’s Like to Work at Visor
While hard work is the cost of admission for a gig at a startup, the payoff is unlike any other job.
Mar 1, 2023
Why I Moved to NYC to Join Visor
As the Product Success Manager, my goal is to make Visor work for our users, not the other way around.
Feb 14, 2023
Engineering Intern Project Spotlight: Reimagining Chat Support
Software Engineering Fellow Samrat Sahoo describes his first project: recreating Visor’s HubSpot chat support widget to enable users to have better experiences.
Jan 19, 2023
Visor Engineering Culture Spotlight: Patrick Shanley
Visor's Principal Engineer, Patrick Shanley, has worked at Visor since the company's founding.
Jan 18, 2023
Why I Joined Visor As Their Head of Marketing
I possess a healthy dose of skepticism whenever a startup approaches me about joining their team. Visor’s commitment to “hiring humanely” was a huge green flag.
Dec 21, 2022
The Rocketship: Volume 1
We at Visor understand that the current economic climate may be challenging, and we want to offer some tips and pointers for growing your career.
Jun 8, 2022
The most important email I write each week
One email helps Visor CEO Mike Yaroshefsky keep his remote team aligned. See how.
May 19, 2022
Auditory Console Logging: Identifying Bugs by Listening to Code Execution
If code was a musical score, how would it sound when played? Would it be possible to identify patterns and even problems by listening to it?
Feb 10, 2022
2021: The Year of You
Each year, we like to share an update with our community about how Visor grew, and what’s on deck for the new year.
Dec 13, 2021
The Decision-Free Sales Process
If you haven't noticed, product-led growth methodology is having a moment. It's the bold idea that some products shouldn't need to be sold by salespeople.
Oct 14, 2021
Engineering Breakdown: Shortcut Through Visor (Part 1)
We’ve realized that our clientele is among the savviest keyboard shortcut users in the world.
Oct 12, 2021
Visor is hiring (October 2021)
On the heels of announcing our $5.0 million seed funding, I'm thrilled to share more about the roles we're adding to our team.
Oct 6, 2021
Captain’s Log #50
Visor's founder and CEO, Mike Yaroshefsky, publishes a private newsletter to investors, advisors, and friends of the company. We've republished the 50th edition of the newsletter.
Sep 29, 2021
Launching the World’s Most Connected Spreadsheet
Today, Visor announces our $5m seed round to empower solutioneers everywhere to build amazing business solutions powered by live business data from all their apps.
Sep 29, 2021
Visor Announces $5 million of Seed Funding and the Launch of the World’s Most Connected Spreadsheet to Democratize Internal Application Building
Visor, maker of the world's most connected spreadsheet for internal application building, today announced $5M of seed funding. General Catalyst Partners led the financings.
Sep 22, 2021
Why I Quit a Fortune 100 Company to Join a Startup
This is the story of how I ended up at Visor, and why I'm so excited to accelerate my career growth by accelerating growth at Visor.
Aug 27, 2021
The Only Two Product Manager Types You Need to Know
Not all product management roles are created the same, but most fall into one of two categories: Business PMs, and technical PMs.
Aug 5, 2021
How We Turned Salesforce Into a Modern Growth Engine
Meet Plato, our automated growth engine. We use Plato to understand who our users are, where they came from, and and what they're doing in Visor.
Mar 23, 2021
7 Reasons Why Spreadsheets are the Ultimate No-Code App Builder
Every successful company faces crossroads. At Visor, we realized we made a wrong turn three years in.
Mar 5, 2021
How CloudStore helped us build Visor 10x faster
See how CloudStore, our internal architecture, lets the Visor team build 10x faster by reducing the need to write server code as we expand the product.
Mar 2, 2021
Why I Founded Visor: Narrowing the Divide
At an early age, I witnessed how technology divides people into the techno-haves and the have-nots. Bridging this gap is a crucial challenge for the 21st...
Jul 17, 2020
Behind the Product: CloudStore Part 3 [The Advantages and Tradeoffs of CloudStore]
CloudStore has made our product better for our customers. Our loads are fast and user interactions are instant. Learn more.
Jun 1, 2020
Behind the Product: CloudStore (Part 1)
Visor's application database represents data as a graph that synchronizes itself. This has given our team incredible leverage to punch above our weight class.
May 17, 2020
Coronavirus: The end of “good times?” Good riddance!
After the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s time to refocus on building quality businesses, growing thoughtfully, and caring deeply about our impact on our customers, our colleagues, and...