PI (period)

A Planning Interval (PI) or period, is a timebox in which an increment of an ART is planned and delivered.

Create a new PI

To create a new PI

• In the top navigation bar, open the PI navigator

• Click Create PI

• Enter a name and key. The key must be unique and should be meaningful, for example 2027Q1.

• Choose the number of sprints (iterations)

• Click Create

Configure the shared PI cadence

Complete the shared PI cadence configuration. A PI cadence can be reused across ARTs.

• Define the start and end dates for each PI sprint (iteration).

Configure this ART in the PI

Then configure the PI for the selected ART:

• Confirm whether you want to use the default team configuration, or change it for this PI.

• Map the PI sprints to the Jira sprints of each team working in Scrum. Use Map Jira sprints or Create Jira sprints to do this automatically, or map them manually by selecting a Jira sprint for each team / PI sprint combination. By default, only open sprints are shown. Click Show closed sprints to include closed sprints as well.

• Choose how this PI includes Features (Jira epics) from the ART Feature backlog:

  • Select Features manually on the Plan board

  • Show Features automatically with a Jira filter

  • Show Features automatically based on Jira Plans dates

• Choose whether to refine the Team-level item scope for this PI. Team-level items come from the team filters, with optional ART rules and optional PI filtering.

• Click Save

You do not need to configure all sprints at the same time. You can map some sprints, save your progress, and come back later.

Map Jira sprints based on dates

Use Map Jira sprints to auto-assign sprints based on Jira sprint start and end dates.

The start and end dates of the Jira sprint should approximately match the dates of the PI sprint.

This only works for teams configured with a Jira board.

Create Jira sprints

Ativo can create missing sprints directly on the Jira boards.

This only works for teams configured with a Jira board.

To create missing Jira sprints:

• Click Create Jira sprints

• Set the sprint start and end hours

• Click Create sprints

Confirm sprint creation

Can't find my sprint?

Did you create a sprint but cannot find it in the dropdown list?

First:

• click Refresh sprints if the sprint was created recently

• click Show closed sprints if you also want to see closed sprints

Sprint selection options

If the sprint still does not appear, the next step depends on how the team is configured.

Jira board teams

For teams configured using a Jira board, the sprint must be created on that board.

Custom teams

For teams configured in a custom way, Ativo can only show sprints from Jira Scrum boards whose JQL filter explicitly refers to the Jira projects used in the team configuration.

Because of Jira API limitations, other sprints cannot be shown.

For example, if team Bear uses Jira project Bear, the board filter must explicitly refer to that project.

To add your sprint to the list:

• Open the Jira board where the sprint was created

• Open the board configuration (context menu on the top right)

• In the General tab, locate the JQL filter

• Click Update filter

• Add an explicit reference to the Jira project(s) used by the team. For example, replace category in (…) by project in (…)

• Save the filter

The Jira board JQL must contain a reference to a Jira project used in the Ativo team configuration

Modify a PI configuration

To modify an existing PI:

• Select the PI in the PI picker in the top navigation

• Click on Settings > PI

Completing a sprint

For more information, see how to complete a PI sprint .

Archive a PI

To archive a PI:

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

• Click the ••• menu in the top right corner, then click Archive PI

• Confirm that you want to archive the PI