Deep Dive: Strategy and AI-Powered Execution with Atlassian Rovo and Jira Align

Nov 29, 12:00 – 3:00 PM (UTC)

Nairobi

This practitioner-led session brings together enterprise leaders, portfolio/product/program managers, and engineering le...

182 RSVPs

AIJira AlignLive LearningTeam '25
Hybrid event

About this event


This practitioner-led session brings together enterprise leaders, portfolio/product/program managers, and engineering leaders to connect strategy to delivery and turn organizational knowledge into action. You’ll see how Rovo dissolves silos with unified search and AI agents, and how Jira Align maps investments, dependencies, and outcomes in real time across frameworks like SAFe and hybrid Agile/Waterfall.

Join us for a focused, practitioner-led session designed for enterprise leaders, product and program managers, and engineering leaders who need to connect strategy to delivery and turn knowledge into action.

Key Take Aways

  • Strategic visibility: See how Jira Align connects OKRs, portfolios, programs, and team-level work to real-time outcomes, investments, and dependencies.

  • Operational acceleration: Learn how Rovo dissolves knowledge silos with unified search, contextual answers, and AI teammates (Agents) that automate routine work.

  • Practical techniques: Prompting best practices for Rovo, and portfolio-to-program workflows in Jira Align that reduce risk and improve decision speed.

Target audience

  • Executives and enterprise PMO leaders aligning investments to customer value

  • Portfolio, product, and program managers orchestrating cross-team delivery

  • Engineering leaders and delivery teams managing dependencies and roadmaps

  • Transformation and operations teams driving SAFe, hybrid, or custom frameworks

Agenda
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM | Check-In & Icebreaker

  • Welcome first-time attendees.

  • Fun and engaging icebreakers to kick off the session.

  • Atlassian Community Nairobi overview.

  • Atlassian news and updates.

3:15 PM – 4:00 PM | Welcome to Rovo — Presented by Michael Kimathi

  • Overview: Rovo as your AI teammate for knowledge discovery and action.

  • Core apps: Search, Chat, Agents, Studio; connectors that index your tools securely and respect permissions.

  • Live flow: From scattered information to instant answers and actions within daily work.

  • Use cases for secure AI deployment and scaling.

4:00 PM – 4:45 PM || Jira Align — Presented by Robert Hean

  • Overview: Connecting enterprise strategy to execution at scale.

  • Real-time visibility into investment vs. spend, dependency management, OKRs, and roadmaps.

  • Operate across SAFe, hybrid Agile/Waterfall, or custom frameworks with consistent governance.

5:00 PM – 5:20 PM | Open Discussion and Q&A

  • How these features transform your workflows.

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Closing and Networking

  • Final takeaways, connections, and next steps.

Outcomes

  • Map strategy to measurable outcomes and investment decisions with Jira Align

  • Reduce context switching and unlock organizational knowledge with Rovo

  • Identify and resolve delivery dependencies faster across teams and portfolios

  • Apply repeatable prompting and agent patterns to automate high-volume work

  • Leave with resources and next steps to pilot Rovo and Jira Align in your environment

Resources and next steps

  • Rovo overview, connectors, and Studio

  • Jira Align strategy-to-outcomes demo and services

  • Best practices for prompts, agents, and enterprise frameworks

Who should attend:

  • Executives and PMO leaders aligning investments to customer value

  • Portfolio, product, and program managers orchestrating cross-team delivery

  • Engineering leaders and delivery teams driving roadmaps and dependency management

  • Transformation and operations teams standardizing frameworks at scale

We have over 6,000+ members and we meet regularly to encourage better use of Atlassian tools among current or prospective users. Our events typically offer several team talks, hands-on workshops, Hackathon, free food/drink, and networking opportunities with 75-200 attendees.

Like an attendee at one of our events, you can expect to:

  • Share and learn Atlassian product knowledge, best practices, and case studies.

  • Provide valuable user input to Atlassian so that they can keep making great products for us to use.

  • Network and build a support system with fellow Atlassian product users.

Atlassian Community Nairobi is an award-winning community:

  • SET THE STANDARD 2022

  • SET THE STANDARD 2018

  • MOST ACTIVE in EMEA 2017

  • Global MASTER OF CONVERSION WINNER 2017

HELP US PLAN OUR NEXT EVENT

  • Do you want to suggest a topic for us to focus on?

  • Do you have a presentation proposal?

  • Does your company want to host an event?

  • Does your company want to sponsor an event?

Check out our community on our socials:

Contact the Community with your suggestions.

Thank you!

Speakers

  • Robert Hean

    Hean Tech

    Community Instructor

  • Michael Kimathi

    Impact Masters & Africa's Talking

    Consulting Entrepreneur & Head of Developer Community

Moderator

  • Michael Kimathi

    Impact Masters & Africa's Talking

    Consulting Entrepreneur & Head of Developer Community

When

When

Saturday, November 29, 2025
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM (UTC)

Agenda

12:00 PMCheck-In & Icebreaker
12:15 PMWelcome to Rovo — Presented by Michael Kimathi
1:00 PMJira Align — Presented by Robert Hean
2:00 PMOpen Discussion and Q&A
2:30 PMClosing and Networking

Community Champion

  • Michael Kimathi

    Impact Masters & Africa's Talking

    Atlassian Community Leader

Global sponsor

Atlassian logo

Atlassian

Sponsors

Impact Masters logo

Impact Masters

Africa's Talking logo

Africa's Talking

Where Atlassian users meet and share best practices