Jira Beginner: Software Features

Name: Jira Beginner: Software Features
Author: Josephine Cheatham

Gain experience navigating Jira menus to create new issues and projects

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Course: On-Demand

Hello, my name is Josephine Cheetah, and in these lessons, you will learn about JIRA software features by getting started with JIRA. We'll open my project to show you a high-level overview of JIRA, its purposes, and uses. We have two main navigations, our top nav and our left navigation. Across the top, it doesn't change. We've got your work where you're able to see issues assigned to you, recent issues you've worked on, and any boards that you've recently touched. Also at the bottom of each menu, you're able to view all boards, or go to your work page, or even in your recent view, you can also return to your work page to see all the work that you've been working on. Our next menu is our projects. I'll show you the most recent projects you've opened, and again, you can view all of your projects, as well as create a new project. Next we have filters, where we can launch a filter, and we can customize one to our liking. We also have in our filters menu, an option to view all filters, as well as view all issues. Next, we have our dashboards. As you can see here on the bottom, it's telling us a tool tip, which we'll see often in JIRA. You can just close that after you read it, and learn how to navigate within the application. So let's go back to our dashboards menu, where we have our default dashboard, and as you can see, if I click on the dropdown, I can view all dashboards, or also create a new dashboard. The next two are dependent on your permissions and access rights in JIRA, if you'll be able to see your teams or any applications that you have built an integration with, and then we have our create button, where we will create new issues, and that is the top navigation. I'm going to navigate directly into one of our projects, and we'll go to our left navigation next. Across the left, we'll start from top to bottom. We always see the project we're in, and then we also have a navigation across the top. JIRA gives us a nice little collapse option, in case we want more real estate or screen space to view our board. I'm going to expand the menu and leave it open, so that we can deep dive into our timeline, which is our project roadmap. You can view here your projects in a nice timeline view by today, weeks, months, or quarters. Next we have our backlog. This is where we complete many of our tasks in JIRA. We have our sprints, we can collapse our sprints, and we also have our actual backlog, where we can also prioritize by dragging our stories up or dragging them down. Next we can go to our active sprints, where we can see issues that we have open, and also across the top we know which board we're on. The active sprint is also known as your board, also known as the JIRA board. Next menu item is our reports. If you notice we have an arrow, it means the menu is going to change once we get inside of this navigation. Here we can view all of the reports JIRA has to offer. If you have integration built within your app, you'll see additional reports, and then we have our issue analysis, as well as forecast and management, and any other reports that you may have uploaded from the Atlassian marketplace to customize your instance of JIRA. We'll go back to the project so that we can get back to the standard navigation that we're used to viewing, and we'll go through our last two menu items. Next is our issues, as you can see we also have an arrow there, and the left nav changes. It changes so that we can go and view different filters that JIRA has pre-built for you. We've got all the issues, can view all of your open issues assigned directly to you. Perhaps you've reported several issues, any issues that you have reported will also show up on this menu. We'll go back to project and go through our last menu item, which is our components. For this project, we haven't created any yet, so we just have our screen to look there, and then we can create new components from here. The next two are for integration, and then the final three menu items will be any project pages that you have integrated from confluence. You can add any project shortcuts directly from a frequently used resource, like a web page, a repository, or additional project pages that you may have created, and then project settings, dependent on your permission level you may or may not see issues within here. So let's go back to our project, and now we come back to our active sprints, and that is how we navigate within JIRA. Stay tuned for the next lesson, where I will show you how to create projects and issues in JIRA. Thanks for watching.

Beginner Provider : Josephine Cheatham 5 Lessons · 35m in English

Course Description

In these lessons on Jira features, you will learn how to navigate the menus while getting a high-level overview of the features, their purposes, and uses. You will learn how to create new issues and projects and manage them on a Jira board, backlog, and active sprint.

You will learn how to create new projects by choosing from different templates, such as Scrum or Kanban. Projects contain issues, and we will create issues including the issue types for epics, user stories, tasks, or bugs for your team.

The Jira backlog is essential as it is where you prioritize and manage your issues, and we will cover how to create new issues from the project menu, global create button, or within another issue. You will also learn how to assign issues, update their details, and add attachments.

Active sprints are the key to working collaboratively, and you can plan and execute sprints on a Jira board by starting, completing, and editing a sprint theme. You will also learn about search filters and how to create your own or use the built-in ones, such as ‘My Open Issues,’ ‘Reported by me,’ or ‘Recently viewed.’

We will also cover reports to help you track and analyze your team's performance, and how to view different types of reports, such as the burndown chart, velocity chart, cumulative flow diagram, and sprint report.

What You'll Learn

Navigate the Jira menus and get a high-level overview of its features and their purposes
Create new projects by choosing from different templates such as Scrum or Kanban
Create and manage issues including epics, user stories, tasks, and bugs
Prioritize and manage issues in the Jira backlog and create issues from the project menu, global create button, or within another issue
Plan and execute sprints on a Jira board by starting, completing, and editing a sprint theme
Build and use search filters and view reports such as the burndown chart, velocity chart, cumulative flow diagram, and sprint report

Key Takeaways

Projects in Jira contain issues, and issue types include epics, user stories, tasks, and bugs for your team.
The Jira backlog is where you prioritize and manage your issues.
Active sprints are key to working collaboratively, letting you plan and execute work on a Jira board.
Search filters can be custom-made or built-in, such as 'My Open Issues,' 'Reported by me,' or 'Recently viewed.'
Reports such as the burndown chart, velocity chart, cumulative flow diagram, and sprint report help track and analyze team performance.

Frequently Asked Questions

What will I learn in this course?

You will learn to navigate the Jira menus, create and manage projects and issues, manage a sprint, and use the project board and backlog. The course also covers creating search filters and viewing reports.

Is this course suitable for beginners?

Yes. It is a beginner-level course on Jira software features that gives a high-level overview of the features, their purposes, and uses.

What issue types does the course cover?

It covers creating issues including the issue types for epics, user stories, tasks, and bugs.

What reports are covered in the course?

The course covers how to view different types of reports, such as the burndown chart, velocity chart, cumulative flow diagram, and sprint report.

What lessons are included?

The course includes five lessons: Getting Started With Jira, Creating Projects and Issues (Part 1), Creating Projects and Issues (Part 2), Managing Sprints, and Project Board and Backlog.