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JIRA Essentials

Course Summary

The JIRA Essentials training course is designed for teams that use either a Scrum- or Kanban-style workflow to switch to Jira. The course covers the basic concepts of the software and gives participants hands-on experience with permissions, issue creation/editing, audit logs, and workflows.

The course begins with an overview of the basic JIRA concepts to address project management issues and workflow transitions. Next, participants will learn about configuration management, JIRA components, and structures. The course concludes with security schemes, issues, and reporting.

Purpose
Learn the essentials of Atlassian JIRA
Audience
IT professionals familiar with Scrum and Kanban methodologies who would like to learn more about using JIRA to manage the process.
Role
Data Engineer | Data Scientist | Project Manager | Software Developer | System Administrator | Technical Manager | Web Developer
Skill Level
Introduction
Style
Lecture | Hands-on Activities | Labs
Duration
1 Day
Related Technologies
JIRA

 

Learning Objectives
  • Explore terminology around JIRA issues, projects, and teams
  • Analyze JIRA configuration management
  • Explain how to issue attributes and security schemes
  • Discover how to utilize the JIRA dashboard
  • Design reports in JIRA
  • Utilize Portfolio for long range planning

What You'll Learn:

In the JIRA Essentials training course, you'll learn:

Basic Concepts

  • Project Issues Management
  • Workflow Transitions
  • What a JIRA Scheme Is

Configuration Management

  • Workflow schemes
  • Issue type scheme
  • Issue type screen scheme
  • Issue security scheme
  • Field configuration scheme
  • Screen scheme
  • Notification scheme
  • Permission scheme

JIRA Components

Sub-sections of a Project Used to Group Issues

  • Structures
    • Features
    • Teams
    • Modules
    • Subprojects
  • Generating reports
    • Collecting statistics
    • Displaying reports on dashboards

JIRA Screen

  • Screens group and organize fields and present them to a user
  • Screen Scheme are attached to issue operations
  • Create Issue
  • Edit Issue
  • View Issue

Issue Attributes

  • Statuses
  • Resolutions
  • Priorities

Issue Security Schemes

  • Security levels
  • System Administration
  • Audit Log
  • Issue Linking
  • JIRA Mail
  • Events
  • Watch list
  • Issue Collectors Development Tools

How to Create an Issue in JIRA

Using the Dashboard

  • Sub-Task
  • WorkFlows
  • Plug-ins in JIRA
  • JIRA Agile
  • Creating issue in Agile
  • How to create an Epic in Agile
  • Plan model
  • Work model
  • Use of Clone and Link in JIRA

Reports in JIRA

  • Print Report
  • Epic Report
  • Version Report
  • Velocity Chart
  • Control Chart
  • Cumulative flow diagram
  • Scrum Board
  • Kanban Board
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Real-World Content

Project-focused demos and labs using your tool stack and environment, not some canned "training room" lab.
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Expert Practitioners

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More coding than lecture, coupled with architectural and design discussions.
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