Case Study: Kespry achieves tighter product–engineering alignment and reliable quarterly planning with Jira Software

How Kespry used Portfolio for Jira to bring its product and engineering teams closer together

Kespry, a fast-growing provider of drone-based aerial intelligence, faced a planning challenge: product and engineering teams were collaborating in spreadsheets and docs but roadmapped deliverables weren’t tightly connected to engineering execution. Jim Allison, VP of Engineering, wanted a clearer way to link strategy to what teams could actually deliver each quarter and to improve cross-team alignment as the company scaled.

Kespry adopted Portfolio for Jira to bring velocity into planning, set a quarterly release cadence, and create a multi-level hierarchy (themes, initiatives, epics, stories) that ties small tasks to strategic goals. The tool let leadership model trade-offs in a sandbox, standardize definitions and estimates across five scrum teams, and produce clearer, more reliable quarterly plans—resulting in better alignment between product and engineering, more consistent processes, and improved on-time delivery.

Kespry

Jim Alison

Vice President of Engineering