Lucid Software, the leader in visual collaboration software, today announced an array of new capabilities designed to enhance agile workflows for both team-level and program-level planning. These enhancements aim to help teams respond to change more effectively, make faster decisions, and deliver value, ultimately driving greater agility, alignment, and collaboration across organizations.

"At Lucid, we understand that agility isn't just about following specific frameworks—it's about how teams collaborate, iterate, and deliver value," said Dave Grow, CEO of Lucid Software. "Whether a team identifies as Agile or seeks ways to work faster and smarter, our new capabilities are designed to enhance collaboration and drive alignment. As the journey toward business agility evolves, we're committed to evolving with our users and empowering teams to work together more effectively than ever before."

Team-Level Coordination Enhancements

Lucid's new team-level coordination capabilities empower teams to maintain high collaboration levels, even in remote or distributed environments. Key features include:

• Facilitation of Agile Events: Customizable templates designed by Agile experts guide teams through daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives. These templates include integrated tools like timers and laser pointers, as well as the ability to import Jira issues, enhancing engagement during events.

• Private Mode for Anonymous Input: To promote psychological safety, Lucid's private mode allows team members to provide feedback and ideas anonymously during Agile events, ensuring that all voices are heard in the decision-making process.

• Streamlined Sprint Planning: New estimation capabilities allow teams to assess the effort, complexity, or risk of tasks collaboratively using a poker-planning style approach. Teams can sync their estimates with Jira or Azure DevOps (ADO) for alignment between planning and execution.

• Team Spaces: Teams can create dedicated virtual spaces within Lucid to organize key resources, such as charters and working agreements. These spaces replicate the benefits of physical team rooms, providing a central hub for collaboration.

Program-Level Planning Tools

Lucid's program-level planning tools support large-scale collaboration across multiple teams, aiding organizations in coordinating complex projects and achieving strategic goals. Key features include:

• Big Room Planning Templates: Structured templates for big room planning sessions help teams coordinate cross-functional work, featuring spaces for agendas, team rosters, and breakout sessions to align on dependencies and objectives.

• Real-Time Dependency Mapping: New capabilities allow teams to visualize and manage dependencies directly from Jira and ADO, identifying and mitigating potential risks early in the planning process.

• Integrations with Systems of Record: Teams can sync data between Lucid, Jira, and ADO, ensuring real-time updates and current information across all platforms, which streamlines planning and reduces manual data transfer needs.

• Visual Activities for Consensus Building: Lucid's Visual Activities enable teams to prioritize tasks and conduct confidence votes, aligning efforts and ensuring stakeholder agreement.

These latest innovations from Lucid Software equip teams with the tools to navigate the complexities of agile workflows, from daily coordination to large-scale program planning. By enhancing both team-level and program-level collaboration, Lucid continues to lead the way in providing the most intelligent and comprehensive visual collaboration platform to support modern teams.