How Rivian uses the JXL app to manage projects in Jira across all teams

How Rivian uses the JXL app to manage projects in Jira across all teams

Top-rated Jira apps for every team in your organization

Driving Innovation at Rivian with Atlassian Tools

In the fast-paced world of electric vehicles, Rivian stands out as a pioneering force. A company committed to sustainability and innovation, Rivian constantly seeks ways to enhance its internal processes. As Rivian has transitioned from an ambitious electric vehicle startup to a publicly traded company, its array of tools expanded, leading to decreased efficiency, effectiveness, and user satisfaction. Enter Atlassian Cloud Enterprise—a platform that transformed these challenges into opportunities for improvement. By integrating solutions like Jira and Jira Service Management, and Marketplace apps, Rivian streamlined its project management, boosting productivity and transparency across the board. In fact, the pioneering EV company has achieved a 36% reduction in annual tool expenses, saved over 750 hours per person annually through Automation, and enhanced user satisfaction by striking a balance between autonomy and governance.

Related: Learn more about how Rivian successfully overcame operation hurdles

Spotlight on JXL: A Game-Changer for Rivian

A key player in Rivian’s toolkit is JXL, an app from the Atlassian Marketplace. JXL has become indispensable for Rivian teams, providing a powerful, spreadsheet-like interface within Jira. This allows teams to manage issues with ease, offering a comprehensive view of projects at a glance. Mike Hayes, Senior Architect, Digital Workspace & Solutions at Rivian describes, “Without exaggeration, JXL sheets are life changing. We have a diverse set of users with an equally diverse set of projects, and they all find JXL to be incredibly useful.”

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Versatile Use Cases for JXL

Rivian teams utilize JXL for a myriad of projects. As stakeholders review and manage requests, the JXL for Jira Marketplace app enables them to edit and organize each item like they would in Excel—a key feature users love for Internal Purchasing Review (IPR) and other workflows. This flexibility ensures that every department can tailor the tool to meet its specific needs, enhancing collaboration and efficiency.

With these tools at their disposal, Rivian continues to drive forward, fueled by innovation and collaboration. Through Atlassian, they have not only overcome challenges but have set a course for sustainable growth and success.

Exploring Further: The Atlassian Marketplace

The Atlassian Marketplace presents a wide array of apps tailored to suit various team requirements. Just like JXL, there exists a plethora of project management applications that enhance efficiency and promote teamwork. Notable examples include Deep Clone for Jira, Checklist for Jira, and OKR for Jira, which are well-received for their exceptional project management capabilities, and ideal for fostering collaboration across small or enterprise teams.

Project Management apps for every team

Discover how your teams can efficiently handle projects in a consolidated view using apps from the Atlassian Marketplace. We have curated a list of a few more top-rated project management apps for you to explore:

JXL for Jira

With this app, users can create and inline-edit issues in highly customizable table views, copy and paste fields in bulk, group and structure issues with custom hierarchy, sum up field values across levels, rank issues, apply conditional formatting rules, use smart columns, issue history columns, and much more.

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You can learn more about JXL on the Atlassian Marketplace or take a look at their website for even more information.

Deep Clone for Jira

With this app users can enjoy the most powerful cloning solution for Jira Cloud. Whether you want to clone single issues, multiple issues, company or team-managed projects, issue hierarchies, between instances, or automate cloning – Deep Clone does it all.

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You can learn more about Deep Clone for Jira on the Atlassian Marketplace.

Checklist Pro for Jira

Users have the ability to seamlessly integrate Jira checklists into workflows, embedding processes directly into Jira to ensure consistent outcomes every time. This application enhances your checklists by incorporating user mentions, due dates, hyperlinks, and emojis. It also allows for the inclusion of clickable issue keys, multiline descriptions, and markdown formatting.

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You can learn more about Checklist Pro for Jira on the Atlassian Marketplace.

OKR for Jira

This app enables teams to efficiently create and oversee OKRs within Jira. It allows for the creation of objectives, the addition of key results, and linking to Jira issues. The in-app dashboards provide excellent visualization and monitoring of progress.

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You can learn more about OKR for Jira on the Atlassian Marketplace.

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