Jira Software 101: Advanced User

Get the best out of your Jira by advanced usage of out of the box user features

What you'll learn

The key concepts and elements of Jira Software

Jira projects, boards, filters and dashboards

Jira reporting

Creative use of jira features to accommodate for complex processes and requirements

Jira automation

Configuration of team managed projects

Requirements

Some previous exposure to Jira or similar task tracking tools will be helpful but is not a must

Description

This course is designed for Jira users who want to become significantly better at using Jira.Not everybody is a Jira system admin, but even without the system admin access there is a lot to learn about what you can and can't do and configure it to your liking. Jira is a sophisticated and complex tool that allows for a lot of flexibility and offers a lot of opportunities - ready for an advanced user to grab.Have you ever wanted to make your board a bit cleaner? Filters more useful? Reporting to start making sense?Wanted to impress your team mates or manager with your Jira skills?This course will help you!I've been working with Jira since 2008, and I've configured and managed Jira instances for up to thousands of users. In these years, I've picked up a few tricks and common pitfalls that I want to share with you.In this hands-on course you will see me achieving different goals in Jira - and straight away you will be practicing those skills following my step-by-step practical instructions. If you are up for some challenge, you can also pick up tasks from an extra list - which I recommend you do, because that's when the interesting stuff starts ;)Overall, remember that Jira is just a tool to increase your and your team's productivity. After finishing this course, you will be able to do just that - make Jira a bit less of a hurdle and more of a helping aid to deliver value to your business.I hope you'll enjoy!Have fun.Igor.–-What our students say:"Crystal clear and so well organized." — Eric"Igor is obviously professional and I respect his effort to deliver his knowledge to other people in a understandable manner." — YaroslavIgor is an expert in his field and it's a joy to learn from him - he is humble, engaging, clever and thorough, and it reflects in the course." — Philipp–-This course will offer:Detailed explanation of Jira functionalityHours of screenshare videos of how to perform different tasks in JiraNumerous exercises with step-by-step explanations and criteria for self assessment of achievementsJira's complex search and filtersDifferent approaches to planning that Jira supports (to pick the one aligned to your organisational processes)Configuration of reports and dashboards to get extra insightsSophisticated multi-board workflow set up for the most complex business scenariosBacklog management techniquesTeam managed project configuration and administrationJira automation engine –-This course is designed for Jira users with up to Project Administrator access. It does not cover System and Organisation Administration, which I aim to cover in future courses.–-All the trademarks belong to their rightful owners.JIRA is a registered trademark of Atlassian.Analyst's corner is an independent training provider. We are neither associated nor affiliated with Atlassian. The name and title of any organisation or product used in this course is used for education (sharing the awareness and knowledge) purposes (fair use).

Overview

Section 1: Jira key concepts

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Jira Version for this course

Lecture 3 Jira Key Concepts

Lecture 4 Levels of administration in Jira

Lecture 5 Practice: Request for your own Jira Cloud instance

Section 2: Backlog management

Lecture 6 Introduction to backlog management

Lecture 7 Practice: Create your first project

Lecture 8 Introduction to release versions

Lecture 9 Individual ticket view

Lecture 10 Introducing a new epic

Lecture 11 Practice: Create your first backlog

Lecture 12 Scrum and Kanban

Lecture 13 Configuring boards and columns

Lecture 14 Practice: Columns config

Lecture 15 Breaking the solution into components

Lecture 16 Practice: Create components

Lecture 17 Dealing with issue types

Lecture 18 Practice: Juggle some issue types

Lecture 19 Find all the tickets from a single project

Section 3: Planning and reporting

Lecture 20 Timeline planning

Lecture 21 Practice: Create a simple timeline

Lecture 22 Story point estimation and planning

Lecture 23 Issue count planning

Lecture 24 Time estimates

Lecture 25 Burn up and burn down charts

Lecture 26 Sprint reporting

Lecture 27 Burn down charts based on time estimates

Lecture 28 Time tracking report

Lecture 29 Practice: Estimation approaches

Lecture 30 Release version and epic reporting

Lecture 31 Release management

Lecture 32 Managing flow

Section 4: Search

Lecture 33 Find your tickets using simple search

Lecture 34 Review search results at a glance with table view

Lecture 35 Practice: Basic search

Lecture 36 Using export and import to bulk create tickets

Lecture 37 Practice: Import a backlog

Lecture 38 Use bulk actions to edit your tickets

Lecture 39 Using advanced search

Lecture 40 Reading: JQL manual

Lecture 41 Reuse your search queries with filters

Lecture 42 Practice: JQL and bulk actions

Lecture 43 Share your search results with others

Section 5: Creative use of search

Lecture 44 Collect insights using dashboards

Lecture 45 Practice: Dashboards

Lecture 46 Create quick filters for your boards

Lecture 47 Practice: Create a quick filter

Lecture 48 Board configuration using filters

Lecture 49 Support dual track agile process with multi board workflow

Lecture 50 Practice: Set up multi board project

Lecture 51 Managing impediments

Section 6: Project admin and automation

Lecture 52 Introduction to administration

Lecture 53 Overview of project administration

Lecture 54 Use automation to streamline operations

Lecture 55 Practice: automation

Lecture 56 Use branch rules to automate actions on multiple tickets

Section 7: Team managed project configuration

Lecture 57 Introduction to team managed projects

Lecture 58 Create a team managed project for extra flexibility

Lecture 59 Administration of team managed projects

Lecture 60 Configure workflows for team managed projects

Lecture 61 Board settings and reporting on team managed projects

Lecture 62 Practice: Create a team managed project

Section 8: Final words

Lecture 63 Final video

Project Managers,Business Analysts,Scrum Masters,Technical Leads,Software Engineers,Any Jira users, who are not Jira system admins, but who want to get the best out of the tool (and their user access to it)