Jira Administration & Essentials

Jira Administration & Essentials

Duration: 3 days

Explore all new latest and greatest features of Jira Software (Server). step by step understanding of Administration and essentials need of the Jira software to work effectively in an Agile environment………

Getting started with Jira
– What is Jira
– Jira Architecture & core concepts
– Difference between Jira Software
– Important Jira tools and plug-ins
– Pre-requisites to Install Jira Software
– Jira directory structure for servers
– Start up and Shutdown scripts

Installation of Jira Software
– Jira Installation
– Jira Configuration
– Creation of projects

Jira for Agile projects
– Scrum Overview
– Setup Scrum board in Jira
– Defining the product backlog
– Create EPIC / user Story
– Estimation technique
– Ranking issues
– Prioritizing issues
– Versions and components
– Sprint Planning
– Plan & start a sprint
– Working on a Sprint
– Various Jira reports
– Use Jira as Agile Kanban
– What is Kanban
– Kanban board concepts in Jira
– Create a new Kanban board
– Customizing Kanban board
– How to improve team performance in Kanban

Agile board customization
– Manage Scrum board
– Customize columns
– Swimlanes by query
– Quick filters
– Card Colours
– Card layouts
– Estimation
– Working days
– Issue View details

Issue management
– Create an issue
– Edit Issue
– Delete an issue
– Moving issue between projects
– Cast a vote for an issue
– Watching an issue
– Assign an issue
– Sharing an issue
– Linking issue
– Cloning an issue
– Time tracking
– Add comments to an issue
– Permalinking an issue
– Attach a screenshot to an issue
– Issue types and sub tasks
– Create | delete issue types
– Sub tasks
– Issue type scheme
– Add an issue type to an issue type scheme
– Issue priorities
– Priority Scheme
– Assignments

Emails and notification
– E-mail configuration
– Setup email notification
– Notification schema
– Notification schema for projects
– How to enable/receive emails

Search, reporting and analytics
– Search options
– JQL (Jira Query Language)
– Usage of filters
– Sharing of filters
– Generate reports in Jira
– Dashboards and gadgets

Field Management
– Jira system fields
– Custom fields
– Field configuration
– Field configuration schema
– Apply find config schema to projects

Screen Management
– What is custom screen
– Create a custom screen
– Design custom screens with fields
– Design screens with multiple tabs
– Screens and issue operation
– Link screen with projects
– Link screens with workflow transition

Workflow Management
– What is workflow
– How workflow and screen works
– Status, transitions, conditions and validators
– Design a custom workflow
– Use of workflow designer
– Validate how the custom workflow works for a project

Project Customization
– Setting up of various issue types for a project
– Making an issue field as required (* must) field
– Making the Assignee field as required (* must) field
– Hide a field from the view
– Choosing a different field renderer
– Creating new configuration field
– Setting up Custom Screen
– Add help tip to a custom field
– How to embed a Java Script in a custom field

User Management
– Add a user
– Public sign up enablement
– Enabling CAPTCHA signup
– Add a user group
– Enable group membership

Troubleshooting
– Report a problem with Atlassian
– User is not able to log in
– User does not see the project
– user complains about emails not being received
– Workflow buttons are missing
– Options in the select list suddenly changed
– the custom field disappears from the project

Misc Admin activities
– Resetting of Amin Password
– Import issues thru csv
– Integrate Jira with Confluence

– Step by step user manual
– Detailed comprehensive understanding of most used features of Jira Admin and essential functions

– Scrum Masters
– Project Managers
– Team members
– Agile teams
– Testers
– Automation testers/scripters
– Program Managers
– PMOs
– Product Owners

+ Course outline

Getting started with Jira
– What is Jira
– Jira Architecture & core concepts
– Difference between Jira Software
– Important Jira tools and plug-ins
– Pre-requisites to Install Jira Software
– Jira directory structure for servers
– Start up and Shutdown scripts

Installation of Jira Software
– Jira Installation
– Jira Configuration
– Creation of projects

Jira for Agile projects
– Scrum Overview
– Setup Scrum board in Jira
– Defining the product backlog
– Create EPIC / user Story
– Estimation technique
– Ranking issues
– Prioritizing issues
– Versions and components
– Sprint Planning
– Plan & start a sprint
– Working on a Sprint
– Various Jira reports
– Use Jira as Agile Kanban
– What is Kanban
– Kanban board concepts in Jira
– Create a new Kanban board
– Customizing Kanban board
– How to improve team performance in Kanban

Agile board customization
– Manage Scrum board
– Customize columns
– Swimlanes by query
– Quick filters
– Card Colours
– Card layouts
– Estimation
– Working days
– Issue View details

Issue management
– Create an issue
– Edit Issue
– Delete an issue
– Moving issue between projects
– Cast a vote for an issue
– Watching an issue
– Assign an issue
– Sharing an issue
– Linking issue
– Cloning an issue
– Time tracking
– Add comments to an issue
– Permalinking an issue
– Attach a screenshot to an issue
– Issue types and sub tasks
– Create | delete issue types
– Sub tasks
– Issue type scheme
– Add an issue type to an issue type scheme
– Issue priorities
– Priority Scheme
– Assignments

Emails and notification
– E-mail configuration
– Setup email notification
– Notification schema
– Notification schema for projects
– How to enable/receive emails

Search, reporting and analytics
– Search options
– JQL (Jira Query Language)
– Usage of filters
– Sharing of filters
– Generate reports in Jira
– Dashboards and gadgets

Field Management
– Jira system fields
– Custom fields
– Field configuration
– Field configuration schema
– Apply find config schema to projects

Screen Management
– What is custom screen
– Create a custom screen
– Design custom screens with fields
– Design screens with multiple tabs
– Screens and issue operation
– Link screen with projects
– Link screens with workflow transition

Workflow Management
– What is workflow
– How workflow and screen works
– Status, transitions, conditions and validators
– Design a custom workflow
– Use of workflow designer
– Validate how the custom workflow works for a project

Project Customization
– Setting up of various issue types for a project
– Making an issue field as required (* must) field
– Making the Assignee field as required (* must) field
– Hide a field from the view
– Choosing a different field renderer
– Creating new configuration field
– Setting up Custom Screen
– Add help tip to a custom field
– How to embed a Java Script in a custom field

User Management
– Add a user
– Public sign up enablement
– Enabling CAPTCHA signup
– Add a user group
– Enable group membership

Troubleshooting
– Report a problem with Atlassian
– User is not able to log in
– User does not see the project
– user complains about emails not being received
– Workflow buttons are missing
– Options in the select list suddenly changed
– the custom field disappears from the project

Misc Admin activities
– Resetting of Amin Password
– Import issues thru csv
– Integrate Jira with Confluence

+ What you get

– Step by step user manual
– Detailed comprehensive understanding of most used features of Jira Admin and essential functions

+ Who should attend

– Scrum Masters
– Project Managers
– Team members
– Agile teams
– Testers
– Automation testers/scripters
– Program Managers
– PMOs
– Product Owners

If you would like to know more about this program you can reach out to us at:-

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