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Jira Fundamentals

Jira is a world-leading issue and project tracker for software. This demo-packed course will teach you how to setup and maintain a Jira installation and configure it for the needs of your organization.

Beginner
3h 48m
(15)

Created by Jan-Erik Sandberg

Last Updated Dec 13, 2023

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Jira Fundamentals

Jira is a world-leading issue and project tracker for software. This demo-packed course will teach you how to setup and maintain a Jira installation and configure it for the needs of your organization.

Beginner
3h 48m
(15)

Created by Jan-Erik Sandberg

Last Updated Dec 13, 2023

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Jira is a world-leading issue and project tracker used by large and small teams for planning, building, and releasing great software. In this course, Jira Fundamentals, you will learn the fundamentals of Jira as a cloud platform, as well as for hosting on-prem. First, you will explore the basics of Jira in order to plan and execute your installation and configuration. Next, you will see how to set up and configure your first Jira project. Finally, you will learn how to make reports and dashboards, in addition to administrating and extending, and even using Jira as a service desk for your project. By the end of this course, you'll know everything you need to know to be productive and get started with managing your software projects with Jira.

Jira Fundamentals
Beginner
3h 48m
(15)
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Jan-Erik Sandberg
11 courses 4.1 author rating 2856 ratings

Jan-Erik Sandberg is an international author and a requested speaker and has coached agile teams since 2001, being a veteran coder. Sandberg has worked in a variety of domains, from advanced robotics to law enforcement. Jan-Erik has worked as a leader for a wide range of teams, from small DevOps all the way up to being part of senior management of an internationally listed tech company represented in 20 countries. Jan-Erik’s main expertise is large-scale internationally distributed teams. Jan-Erik is the founder of the premier community organization for blockchain development, started Norway's first community-based group on Agile in 2001 and is known as an active participant in the Microsoft Developer Community, both locally and internationally as an MVP for 5 years.

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