ART (program)

An Agile Release Train (ART) or program is a temporary organizational structure, used to deliver business value. It contains a set of agile teams that work closely together.

Create an ART

An ART can be created once the teams are configured.

Only Ativo Programs for Jira administrators can create, edit and delete ARTs (more info).

To create a new ART:

• In the ART selector in the top navigation, click on Create ART

• Enter an ART name and key, then click Create.

• Add teams to the ART. Use the handle on the left to drag teams into the desired order. You can later change the team composition for a specific PI in PI settings.

Adding teams to the program.

• Select how the ART Feature (Jira epics) pool is built. You can either:

  use a Jira filter to define the Feature pool, for example if Features are managed in a separate Jira project or backlog, or use the team filters, if Features are already included in the teams’ Jira data

  
• Select how the ART Team-level item scope is defined. Team-level items come primarily from the team filters. You can add additional rules here that apply to all PIs in this ART. To keep the board focused, you can limit scope to only show team-level items whose parent Feature is also in scope for the PI. If you are unsure, use the default option. You can always change this later.

• Click Save

ART team-level item scope exceptions

You can manually include specific team-level items in a PI, even when they do not match the ART team-level item scope rules.

For example, you may configure the ART to show Only team-level items under Features in PI scope, so the board only includes Stories, Tasks, Bugs, or custom work types whose parent Feature is in the PI. If a few additional items still need to appear on the board, add them as exceptions.

To add an exception, set the item’s Program / ART PI Supplementary field in Jira to the combined ART-PI key:

<ART key>-<PI key>

For example:

• ART key: ARTABC

• PI key: 2027Q2

• Combined ART-PI key: ARTABC-2027Q2

After this value is added to the work item, the item is included in the PI even if it does not match the ART team-level item scope rule.

Modify an ART configuration

To modify an existing ART:

• Click on Settings > ART in the top navigation bar.

• Update the settings as needed.

• Click Save.

Archive an ART

To archive an ART:

• Click Settings > ART in the top navigation bar.

• Click the ••• menu in the top right, then select Archive ART.

• Confirm that you want to archive the ART

You can always unarchive an ART later.