Strategy, execution, and outcomes – aligned in Jira

Plan, prioritize, and govern portfolios and programs with real-time visibility from strategy through delivery.

Chosen by over 5.4 million users worldwide to manage work at scale

Key capabilities 01

Built for enterprise complexity. Adopted at your pace.

BigPicture grows with your organization. From coordinating projects and programs across teams, to governing complex portfolios with visibility into risks, dependencies, and capacity, to aligning strategy, investments, and execution through full strategic portfolio management. All without disrupting how your teams already work in Jira.

Hybrid delivery and executive visibility

Coordinate agile, waterfall, and hybrid work under one governance model while giving leaders a single, trusted view of progress, risk, financials, and strategic alignment across portfolios.

Bigpicture hybrid delivery executive visibility

Portfolio and program structuring

Create flexible portfolio hierarchies that reflect how the organization truly operates. Use configurable templates to build unlimited, multi-level portfolio models across programs and custom layers. Ensure ownership, dependencies, and strategic alignment are visible across the enterprise.

Bigpicture portfolio program structuring

Timelines, dependencies, and planning

Build credible Gantt charts based on real project data. Model dependencies, critical paths, milestones, and what-if scenarios while tracking progress in real time, so delivery risks are identified before they unfold.

BigPicture roadmaps dependencies planning

Resource and capacity management

Plan work based on real capacity, not assumptions. Balance workloads across teams and individuals using skills, live availability, time tracking, and absence data to prevent overcommitment and delivery delays.

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Financial governance and portfolio insights

Connect strategic investments with real financial visibility across portfolios and initiatives. Track estimated vs. actual costs, monitor trends, and ensure funding decisions stay aligned with delivery progress and portfolio priorities.

BigPicture financial governance portfolio insights

Features 02

How BigPicture works

From strategic objectives to day-to-day work, BigPicture’s modules connect every layer of planning inside Jira.

Explore features

Overview (Command center)

Strategic Prioritization

Objectives Management

Gantt

Financial Management

Resources and Global Teams

Risk Management

Reports

Scope

Board

Calendar

BigPicture Overview Command center

Your portfolio, clearly connected

  • Structure work the way your teams actually deliver, with portfolios, programs, and initiatives that span Jira projects
  • Group initiatives by department, value stream, or strategic priority
  • Track progress across initiatives in a standardized way
  • Visualize portfolio data as a hierarchy, timeline, or board view
BigPicture Strategic Prioritization

Invest in what delivers the most value

  • Score initiatives using proven or custom frameworks such as RICE, ICE, or WSJF to guide objective decision-making
  • Compare initiatives across portfolios using consistent, transparent criteria
  • See priorities dynamically update across planning modules
  • Align teams around what matters most, so everyone focuses on the highest-impact work
BigPicture Objectives Management

Connect work to strategic outcomes

  • Define and track strategic objectives and key results directly alongside portfolio work
  • Link Jira work items directly to measurable key results
  • Visualize OKR progress across initiatives, programs, and portfolios
  • Maintain visibility into how work supports strategic goals

BigPicture Gantt

Build realistic timelines

  • Plan with confidence using timelines, dependencies, milestones, and what-if scenarios across teams
  • Identify critical paths and scheduling risks before they impact delivery
  • Adjust timelines with instant Jira synchronization
  • Export plans and reports using BigTemplate
BigPicture Financial Management

Bring financial clarity to portfolio decisions

  • Track budgeted versus actual costs across portfolios and initiatives using real execution and resource data
  • Configure cost rates for teams and roles to reflect how work is delivered
  • Monitor cost trends across initiatives and portfolios in real time
  • Improve forecasting accuracy without relying on spreadsheets
BigPicture Resources and Global Teams

Align capacity with portfolio priorities

  • Match work to real capacity and expertise across teams and portfolios
  • Visual workload across individuals, teams, and roles with clear heatmaps
  • Allocate assignments based on availability, skills, and actual capacity
  • Link teams to Jira boards and initiatives for synchronized planning
BigPicture Risk Management

See risks before they become blockers

  • Identify and assess risks across portfolios with customizable matrices, scoring models, and direct links to initiatives and programs
  • Visual risk exposure across initiatives and portfolios with heatmaps
  • Link risks directly to work items, programs, or portfolios
  • Track mitigation plans and monitor risk exposure over time to stay ahead
BigPicture Reports

Turn portfolio data into decisions

  • Transform delivery data into leadership insight with real-time reports across progress, capacity, risks, objectives, and financials
  • Monitor portfolio and program health with Red-Amber-Green status indicators
  • Build advanced dashboards with BigPicture, Jira, and external data sources via Dashboard Hub Pro
  • Share reports on task, dependency, risk, and performance with BigTemplate
BigPicture scope

Turn strategy into structured execution

  • Break initiatives into manageable scopes and maintain full traceability from portfolio plans to Jira issues
  • Visual work across projects and initiatives with a clear work breakdown structure (WBS)
  • Plan work across iterations, Program Increments, or custom timeboxes
  • Maintain alignment between plans and Jira execution
BigPicture Board

Keep teams aligned on what matters now

  • Support Agile and hybrid teams with familiar board views connected directly to portfolio and program plans
  • Surface and manage dependencies across teams and initiatives
  • Keep board activity in sync with portfolio and program planning
  • Enable teams to work their way while leadership maintains real-time visibility
BigPicture calendar

Plan work in real time, not in isolation

  • Visualize schedules, milestones, and key dates across portfolios in a single calendar view
  • Track important dates across initiatives and programs in one place
  • Create and adjust work directly from the calendar view
  • Identify scheduling conflicts early before they impact delivery

Integrations 03

Integrated data for better portfolio decisions

Connect Jira with your workforce, reporting, and delivery tools so teams plan with real-time data and leaders make decisions with full portfolio visibility.

BigPicture integrations

Find a partner 04

Global network of implementation partners

“An amazing tool for project planning and portfolio management at an enterprise level.”

Enterprise customer in Hospital and Health Care

“It’s the only platform that brings collaboration, project management, and Scrum together in one place!”

Javier Medina

Project Manager at Grupo Vision

“BigPicture brings Gantt charts and multi-level planning together, helping us manage hundreds of projects with clarity.”

Emilio O.

“A single timeline gives us a clear, granular view from user stories to bugs, helping our team stay aligned.”

Lyuben Yurukov

Project Manager at 1ForFit