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SpiraPlan vs. Jira Data Center for Product Owners: Why Product Ownership Needs More Than Backlog Management
May 11, 2026
Product Owners are under pressure from every direction. They need to define product direction, prioritize the backlog, translate stakeholder needs into deliverable work, coordinate with development and QA, track release readiness, and prove that every sprint contributes to business value.
For many teams, Jira Data Center has been the default system for managing product backlogs, user stories, sprints, and development workflows. It is familiar, configurable, and widely adopted. But as Atlassian winds down Data Center, organizations have a strategic opportunity to ask a bigger question: is Jira Data Center really the best long-term platform for Product Owners?
SpiraPlan vs. Jira Data Center for Business Analysts: Why BAs Need More Than Issue Tracking
May 5, 2026
For years, Jira Data Center has been a familiar choice for enterprise software teams that need scalable, self-hosted issue and agile project tracking. But with Atlassian now winding down Data Center, including the end of new Data Center subscription sales for new customers on March 30, 2026 and full end of life for impacted Data Center products on March 28, 2029, many organizations are rethinking whether Jira is still the right long-term foundation for software delivery.
For Business Analysts, this transition raises a bigger question than hosting: is Jira really designed around the way BAs work?
How Inflectra Enhances Risk Management for Regulated Industries
May 4, 2026
Risk management isn’t a standalone admin exercise for software teams in healthcare, biotech, financial services, aerospace, defense contracting, and other regulated industries. For these teams, risk management is an integral piece of how software is planned, built, tested, released, and maintained over the entire lifecycle. Instead of treating compliance as a final checkpoint before release, organizations need to build risk awareness into everyday decisions. In this article, we’ll discuss the importance of risk management in regulated sectors, how it’s evolving, and how Inflectra’s platforms, like Spira, enhance modern risk management.
