'Atlas' is the new thing that connects everything to make sense. Oh, hold on - we're actually calling it 'Platform Experiences'. But in reality, you're going to be reading 'Home' an awful lot.

As well as 'Goals', 'Teams', 'Topics' (ah no, wait - we changed that to 'Tags') and 'Projects'. But please, don't confuse them with Jira 'Projects' - which are actually called 'Spaces' from now on. 'Spaces' in Confluence are almost the same hierarchical entity anyway (I really mean this one unironically).

You'll be delighted to find that within the 'Board' of your Jira 'Space', there is a 'Timeline' - unless you have multiple 'Spaces' within your 'Board' and 'Advanced Roadmaps'. Then you'll have to leave your 'Board' and go to 'Plans'.

Your 'Board' can reference multiple 'Spaces' if it's a company-managed Space. Team-managed Spaces are not allowed to. They're coming to 'Plans', though.

The main thing you're here for, of course, is Jira 'issues' - which you'll appreciate are called "Work" now.

'You can now include work items from team-managed spaces in your plans!' Source

I get that I sound like I'm just raging along - and to some extent, that might be accurate.

However, I sincerely appreciate product teams investing in their terminology to make their products more understandable, intuitive, and aligned with existing mental models.

Over the past few months, I've been trying to deeply understand the struggles product teams face when it comes to intentionally developing and maintaining consistent terminology. I believe that having terms that are

• helpful - allowing people to quickly grasp complex concepts,
• straightforward - offering coherent mental models where relationships are obvious, and
• friendly - enabling newcomers inside and outside your organization to understand your product without memorizing every term first,

is a competitive advantage.

To learn even more, I'm conducting a short survey on the topic. If you're working in product development and interested in participating, I'd highly appreciate you taking 7–10 minutes of your time.

👉 Participate in the survey right here