
Course Introduction, Who can benefit, What capabilities will students learn at the end of course.
Overview of Jira Platforms and Applications
Setup of Jira Software Cloud instance
Overview of Projects in Jira
Understand various available project templates
Create a new Scrum Project in Jira
Navigation of Jira Software Application
Scrum Framework Overview
What is the project we will be creating in Jira and Roles we will be working with throughout the rest of this course
Creating User Stories, Epics and Story Points
Start Sprint, Track Stories on Board, Close Sprints, Sprint Burndown and Sprint Reports
Overview of Default Jira Roles
Adding a Project Lead and Default Assignee as part of default Jira roles
What are Proj Categories and Lab on Categories
Groups in Jira followed by Lab and Comparing Roles Vs Groups
Summary and Best Practices of Roles & Groups
Introduction to Boards Module
Navigating Board Settings for later configurations
Simplified Workflow Configurations with Boards
Additional board settings with Swimlanes
Create new Scrum/Kanban Boards with Saved Filters
Logging Time and Quick Filters and configuring card layout
Setting of WIP limits on Scrum Boards
Summary of Boards module
Intro to Workflow Module and Learning Objectives of the module
Understand what constitutes a Workflow and Need for workflow.
Lab on workflow configuration
Summary and Best Practices of Workflow
Introduction to Screens, Fields on Screens and use of schemes in Jira
Modify the Screen for Create Issue operation by adding additional fields and rearrange fields with Tabs
Introduction to Schemes in Jira
What are Issue Typed, Default ones, When should one consider adding issue types, Who can add issuetypes
Lab on adding Issue Type and making it a Default one.
What are custom fields
Adding new custom fields as Jira Administrator
Atlassian Jira is the most widely used ALM tool for Agile Projects and as world continues to adopt Agile practices, Jira has evolved to suit the various Agile methods and customer needs.
The course deep dives into the usage of Jira and its configuration and customization's for effective use of the tool required by teams. The concepts behind these configurations in Jira are explained through various scenarios and best practices that students will connect with instantly and help them imbibe the tool usage in particular situations.
Course Outline:
• Jira Overview with Setup in Cloud
• Creating Projects in Jira with Templates
• Scrum Overview
• Working with Scrum Projects in Jira
• Roles in Jira
• Jira Board Configurations
• Workflows in Jira
• Screens & Schemes Configurations
• Issue Types and Fields Configurations
• JQL and Filters
• Dashboards & Report Configurations.
• Miscellaneous (Shared Configs, Components, Linking Issues, Time Logs, Watchers, Notifications)
• Scaling Projects in Jira
• Course Summary