PMO Pilot

Jira to PowerPoint roadmap: epics and sprints on one slide

Jira's roadmap view is for the team; the quarterly review wants a slide that the VP can edit. PMO Pilot reads a Jira CSV export (Summary, Assignee, Epic Link or Parent summary, Due date, Sprint, Status category) and draws it as native PowerPoint shapes.

Free Importing a file is in the free plan. Updating an existing slide from a new file is Pro.

A Agile Sprints slide built in PowerPoint from a Jira export
What the import looks like on the slide (the Agile Sprints look). Every bar, label and arrow is a native PowerPoint shape.

From Jira to the slide

  1. In Jira, open the issue navigator (Filters → View all issues) and filter to the project, epics or sprint you want on the slide.
  2. Export → CSV (all fields) or CSV (current fields). Make sure Summary, Assignee, Due date, Parent summary (or Epic Link), Sprint and Status category are included.
  3. In PowerPoint, open PMO Pilot → Create with AI → Upload Excel / CSV and pick the file (or paste the rows).
  4. On the review screen, issues with only a due date show as milestones; sprints or epics show as swimlanes.
  5. Press Insert on slide.

Which columns PMO Pilot reads

Column in the Jira exportOn the slide
Summarythe bar or milestone label
Issue keythe row id (for links such as 'blocked by')
Assignee / Reporterthe owner (email addresses become names)
Epic Link / Parent summary / Sprint / Componentsa swimlane
Due date / Target endthe finish; with no start it becomes a milestone
Sprint start / Sprint endthe bar
Status categorythe color (To Do, In Progress, Done)
Is blocked by / Blocked by / Depends ondependency arrows

No column mapping step: headers are matched by name, in any order, and the review screen shows exactly what was read before anything touches the slide.

Worth knowing

  • Jira issues usually have a due date but no start date. Add a Start date field to the export, or paste a sprint plan with dates, to get bars instead of milestones.
  • Export epics only for an executive roadmap; export stories only for a sprint review. Mixing both on one slide reads badly.
  • Email-address assignees (priya.shah@acme.com) are shown as 'Priya Shah'.

Questions

Does PMO Pilot connect to Jira Cloud directly?

No. It reads a CSV export, which keeps your Jira credentials out of the add-in and works for Cloud and Data Center alike.

What about Jira's own roadmap and timeline views?

They are good inside Jira. A PowerPoint slide is what the review deck needs, and the slide PMO Pilot draws is editable by people who don't have Jira access.

Can I keep it updated after the sprint moves?

Export again and use Edit → Update from Excel / CSV (Pro). Issues are matched by name, so moved dates move the bars and your manual tweaks stay.

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