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JIRA

Jira for Agile Projects

Published by Pearson

Intermediate content levelIntermediate

Create and Customize Projects in Jira to Fit Your Agile Workflow

This class covers the basics needed to optimize Jira for planning and status tracking on an agile project. Learn advanced configuration techniques to tune Jira for agile projects, and techniques for overcoming and avoiding common pain points with this tool. You'll come away from this course understanding the basics of Jira and able to create and customize projects; use and customize Jira boards; create and apply custom workflows; leverage Jira's query tool and reports; navigate Jira dashboards; and integrate Jira with other tools.

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

By the end of the live online course, you’ll understand:

  • Jira project customization options.
  • Jira’s support for customized workflows.
  • Benefits of integrating Jira with other commonly used team tools.

And you’ll be able to:

  • Create and customize projects in Jira that best match your agile process.
  • Customize Jira to fit your team's agile workflow.
  • Help team members with common Jira status-tracking tasks.

This live event is for you because...

  • You’re a member of an agile team who needs to use Jira efficiently.
  • You’re a leader or manager who wants to help your agile team(s) use Jira more effectively.

Prerequisites

  • Some prior familiarity with Jira helpful, but beginners should be able to keep up.
  • Familiarity with agile concepts helpful.

Recommended Preparation

Recommended Follow-up

Schedule

The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.

Segment 1: Understanding the Basics of Jira (20 minutes)

  • What Jira is for and where it fits in the marketplace
  • Basic Jira terminology and concepts
  • Primary customization points

Segment 2: Creating and Customizing Projects for Agile Workflows (30 minutes)

  • Choosing a project template
  • Understanding board configuration options
  • Q&A (5 minutes)

Break (10 minutes)

Segment 3: Using and Customizing Jira Boards for Agile Workflows (30 minutes)

  • Understanding and helping other users with board tasks
  • Customizing boards to fit your needs

Segment 4: Creating and Applying Custom Workflows (30 minutes)

  • Modifying a workflow
  • Creating a custom workflow and applying it to projects
  • Creating and leveraging custom workflow triggers
  • Q&A (5 minutes)

Break (10 minutes)

Segment 5: Leveraging the Query Tool and Reports for Agile Metrics (35 minutes)

  • Running JQL queries
  • Understanding advanced JQL techniques
  • Leveraging canned reports
  • Accessing the Jira database for custom reporting

Segment 6: Using Jira Dashboards for Agile Projects (20 minutes)

  • Creating dashboard gadgets
  • Creating and sharing dashboards

Segment 7: Integrating Jira with Other Tools (35 minutes)

  • Benefits of integrating with a Version Control System
  • Common Inter-Atlassian integrations
  • Communication tool integrations

Wrap Up and Q&A (10 minutes)

Your Instructor

  • Jim Weaver

    Jim Weaver is a software developer and trainer with over 30 years of experience working with teams to build software in a variety of languages and for many different types of endeavors. He has helped to build patient portals, medication prescribing applications, telecommunication network monitoring systems, testing frameworks, and even (drum roll) tractor leasing software! He has held many roles in the IT industry, accumulated many programming scars, and currently focuses on teaching.