Jira Essentials
Course Outline
Description
Jira Essentials: Master Jira with Confidence!
Are you ready to unlock the full potential of Jira and transform the way you manage projects and tasks?
Jira Essentials is a hands-on, two-day course designed to provide you with a solid foundation in Jira
Cloud, whether you're completely new to Jira or looking to refine your skills.
In this immersive class, you'll gain practical, real-world experience through a series of engaging lab
activities. From setting up your first project to mastering advanced features like dashboards and JQL
(Jira Query Language), you'll leave with the knowledge and confidence to streamline your workflows and
drive team success.
Jira isn’t just a tool; it’s your gateway to managing work more effectively, improving communication, and delivering results. Whether you're in software development, marketing, finance, or any other industry, this course equips you to:
- Stay organized: Create and manage tasks, projects, and issues effortlessly.
- Collaborate effectively: Customize boards, track progress, and align your team.
- Deliver results: Use metrics, filters, and dashboards to make data-driven decisions.
If you're ready to elevate your productivity, enhance team collaboration, and get the most out of Jira, this course is for you. Enroll now and take the first step toward mastering the tool that teams worldwide rely on for success!
Objectives
- Understand what Jira is and the benefits of Jira.
- Understand the different work items and identify when to use each of them.
- Create, manage, and track work items, including tasks, issues, and subtasks.
- Leverage Jira Roadmaps (for Premium users) to plan strategically and align with team goals.
- Configure agile boards, manage the backlog, sprints, releases, etc.
- Master search functionality, from quick filters to advanced JQL queries.
- Customize dashboards to visualize progress and apply actionable metrics.
- Review and apply metrics.
This isn’t just another lecture-style course. Our interactive labs put you in the driver’s seat, letting you:
- Set up your own Jira projects.
- Experiment with Scrum and Kanban boards.
- Solve real-world challenges using filters, dashboards, and reports.
- Gain firsthand experience in creating roadmaps and tracking project performance.
Outline
- Introduction and Basic Concepts
- Why Jira
- Demo
- Scrum projects vs. Kanban projects
- Jira Terminology
- Jira Basic Structure
- Lab 1 – Course Overview
- Lab 2 – Jira Overview
- Lab 3 – Project Boards
- Lab 4 – Scrum Projects
- Taxonomy Structure
- Basic field data
- Creating work items
- Linking work items
- Tracking communications via a work item
- Lab 5 – Creating Issues
- Basic Scrum Boards
- Customizing the Scrum Board
- Lab 6 – Scrum Boards
- Search Overview & Demo
- Lab 7 – Quick Search and Basic Search
- What is a Jira filter?
- The power of a filter
- JQL Basics
- Combining Filters and JQL to maximize results
- Reporting
- Lab 8 – JQL
- Lab 9 – Filters
- Structure
- Demo
- Lab 10 – Dashboards
- Why Metrics
- Overview of standard Jira metrics
- Demo
- The power of Jira Roadmaps
- Use filters to customize plans
- Lab 11 – Creating a Roadmap
Who Should Attend
- Team Members (Developers, Testers, Business Analysts, Architects…)
- Scrum Masters
- Product Owners
- Leaders, Managers
- Stakeholders
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