> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vistaly.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Opportunity

> Opportunities are one of the supported [Discovery Space](/guides/getting-started/the-discovery-space) card types.

## What is an Opportunity Card?

Opportunity Cards document customer problems, needs, or desires worth solving. They are created based on:

* Customer conversations and interviews
* User feedback collection

Whereas product usage metrics in your [Value Exchange Model](/guides/getting-started/the-strategy-space#2-a-value-exchange-model) tell you *what's* happening, Opportunities tell you *why* it's not happening more (or less, or faster, etc.)

## Statuses

Once opportunities have been prioritized, use statuses to communicate when and if the team will address them. Opportunities support the following status:

| Stage          | Commitment                        | Description                                                                                                                                                                           |
| -------------- | --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Identified** | No/Unknown commitment             | Aware that the Opportunity exists but have made no commitment to solving it. This is how all Opportunities start.                                                                     |
| **Not now**    | No commitment                     | Recognized as an opportunity but deliberately chosen not to address it at this time, possibly due to resource constraints or competing priorities.                                    |
| **Later**      | Committed *(Moderate Confidence)* | Committed *(for now)* to solving the Opportunity. Confidence is relatively high that it's an opportunity worth addressing, but this is subject to change.                             |
| **Next**       | Committed                         | Committed and will begin work soon to start addressing the opportunity. It may be the case that the opportunity is currently being researched or solutions being identified.          |
| **Now**        | Committed                         | Committed and work is actively underway to address it. It's best if there is an identified solution associated with an opportunity in *Now* - if not, solutioning should be underway. |

## Tracking Delivery Progress

Opportunities can be linked to engineering delivery tools to track implementation progress:

* **[Jira Integration](/documentation/integrations/jira)**: Link Jira issues and epics to opportunities to track work addressing customer problems
* **[Linear Integration](/documentation/integrations/linear)**: Connect Linear issues and projects to opportunities for cross-team initiatives

When linked, delivery status and progress appear on opportunity cards in the [Roadmap view](/documentation/views/roadmap), helping you see both customer problems and the work being done to address them.

## Opportunity Card Best Practices

See the [best practices](/guides/getting-started/the-discovery-space#opportunity-space-best-practices) opportunity guides to learn more about:

* Sizing opportunities
* Aligning the top-level of your opportunity space to customer journeys, jobs (Jobs To Be Done), or customer segments
* Well structured opportunities