Archy

What is Archy?

Archy is an AI-powered agile assistant designed for product managers, product owners, and agile teams using Jira. It's a browser extension designed to streamline product management by automating backlog creation, providing real-time insights, and enhancing team collaboration. Archy helps teams speed up product development, boost productivity, and save time and resources.

How does Archy Work?

Archy integrates with Jira as a plugin, enhancing existing workflows. It uses AI to generate epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria based on project descriptions and business requirements. The AI models undergo continuous learning, tailored to project data, providing precise, actionable insights.

Archy automates the creation of Product Backlog Items (PBIs) and allows users to refine, regenerate, add, or remove backlog items. The AI learns from user feedback, becoming more attuned to a team and project's needs over time.

Key Features and Benefits:

• AI-Powered Assistance: Offers AI-driven support for product managers, product owners, and agile teams, improving overall product management.
• Jira Integration: Seamlessly integrates with Jira as a plugin, enhancing existing workflows.
• Streamlined Workflows: Provides personalized guidance and streamlines tasks for faster, more efficient workflows.
• AI-Driven Suggestions: Receives suggestions for epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria, streamlining the creation of product artifacts.
• Backlog Management: Assists in creating and refining epics and user stories that align with business requirements.
• Clarity: Adds clarity to backlogs, epics, user stories, and tasks by regenerating and refining content.
• Actionable Suggestions: Offers suggestions to help teams create detailed epics and user stories that align with business goals.
• Issue Assistance: Provides a tool to coach users on how to write better user stories, guiding and mentoring in the process.
• Quality Assurance: Helps in creating acceptance criteria for epics and user stories, ensuring all paths are covered, and edge cases are considered.
• Predictive Analytics: Turns data into a strategic advantage, forecasting project timelines and identifying potential bottlenecks.

Archy SaaS vs. Archy Enterprise:

Archy is available in two versions:

• Archy SaaS (Quick Start): This option is available via the Atlassian Marketplace and provides immediate access to Archy's features.
• Archy Enterprise (Self-Hosted Deployment): This version allows deployment within an Azure tenant, providing complete control over infrastructure and data. It offers enhanced security, data sovereignty, and the ability to customize and extend Archy's capabilities using Azure's AI Foundry.

Who is Archy for?

Archy is designed for:

• Product Managers
• Product Owners
• Agile Teams

It's suitable for teams looking to improve their product backlog process, enhance collaboration, and speed up product development.

How to Use Archy:

1. Install Archy: Install the Archy extension from the Atlassian Marketplace.
2. Integrate with Jira: Seamlessly integrate Archy with your existing Jira projects.
3. Generate Backlog Items: Use Archy to generate epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
4. Refine and Customize: Refine, regenerate, add, or remove backlog items with Archy's assistance.

Why Choose Archy?

• Efficiency: Archy automates many of the tasks involved in product backlog management, saving time and resources.
• Insights: Provides real-time insights and predictive analytics to help teams make better decisions.
• Collaboration: Enhances team collaboration by providing a central platform for managing product backlog items.
• Customization: Archy Enterprise offers the ability to customize and extend Archy's capabilities to meet specific needs.

Best Way to Enhance Your User Stories with Archy Issue Assistant

The Archy Issue Assistant helps users write clearer and more engaging user stories by providing guidance and tips. It's a tool to coach users on how to write better user stories, guiding and mentoring in the process.

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What Problem Does Archy Solve?

Archy significantly enhances the product backlog process by automating the creation of Product Backlog Items (PBIs). It uses AI to generate epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria based on project descriptions and business requirements. Users can refine, regenerate, add, or remove backlog items with Archy's assistance, ensuring a detailed and comprehensive backlog that aligns with project goals. Archy allows for continuous adjustment, letting users add, edit, and improve each item based on their needs. Archy's AI also learns from user feedback, so the more it is used, the more attuned it becomes to a particular team and project's needs.

Summary

Archy is more than just a tool; it's a transformation. With advanced AI model training, seamless Jira integration, unparalleled data security, and an intuitive user interface, Archy empowers teams to navigate the complexities of project management with confidence and clarity.