We provide course about Agile with Jira Software Essentials (Cloud). Agile with Jira Essentials. Learn project management within Jira. Optional 2-day course when combined with Jira Software Administration.
Objectives & outcomes:
By the end of this course, attendees will have a strong understanding of key Atlassian Jira concepts. They will be able to use Jira to work with Issues and provide change tracking control for software development projects using agile methodologies.
Course outline:
Module 1 - Agile Concepts:
Overview and introduction to Jira Agile:
• Introduction to Jira Agile
High level concepts of Jira Agile and Agile development terminology:
• Kanban
• Backlogs
• Iterations
Lab Exercises:
• Why Agile
Module 2 - Introduction to JIRA:
• Sign up for Jira
• Create an agile board
• Explore the interface
Lab Exercises:
Overview of interface - using Sample Projects:
• Study the sample Kanban project
• Understand the Jira Agile UI
Module 3 - Creating a Backlog:
• Issue types
• Epics
• Stories
Lab Exercises:
• Create Epics
• Create Stories
• View Versions
• Rank the backlog
Module 4 - Agile Planning:
• Kanban
• Iteraton planning
• Estimating
• Capacity / WIP
Lab Exercises:
• Create an iteration
• WIP
Module 5 - The Visual Board:
• Intro to workflows
• Mapping to board columns
• Constraints
• Subtasks
Lab Exercises:
• Identify your current status
• Identify possible transitions
• Progressing Issues
• Working with subtasks
Module 6 - (Optional) Working with Tasks:
This is a free form module. What other tasks / actions do the attendees want to be able to complete on a daily basis.
For example:
• Logging work
• Flagging as important
• Attaching files
• Requesting notifications
• Sharing with others
• Copying
• Setting due dates
• Labels
Lab Exercises:
• Freeform - facilitator and students can then try for themselves
Module 7 - (Optional) Introduction to Board Configuration:
• Configuring boards
• Swimlanes
• Columns
• Colours
Lab Exercises:
• Configuring boards
• Swimlanes
• Columns
• Colours
Module 8 - Searching:
• Searching
• Filters
• Subscriptions
Lab Exercises:
• Example searches
• Filters
• Subscriptions
Module 9 - Reporting:
• Jira reporting
• Agile reporting
• Dashboards
Lab Exercises:
• Accessing Agile reports
• Making use of Agile reports
• Configure a dashboard
• Create a wallboard
Target audience:
This course is perfect for anyone in an agile team who is new to Jira Software. It covers topics on agile methodologies and provides a complete end-to-end overview.
Prerequisites:
• No previous knowledge required
Language:
• The course is given in english