Learning Jira (Cloud Edition)

Get up and running with Jira. Learn how to use Jira to track issues and bugs, manage projects, and help your team meet their goals.

Jira was designed to help software development teams manage projects and track issues. But increasingly, other teams—such as marketing, legal, and finance—are adopting it as well. Want to leverage Jira to track your own work? Tune into this course to learn how to get up and running with the cloud edition of this powerful software. Rachel Wright, an Atlassian Certified Jira Administrator, steps through how to use Jira to manage your own daily tasks and help your organization plan their strategic initiatives. Rachel covers how to navigate Jira, work with projects and issues, change user preferences, and create filters, dashboards, and boards. Upon wrapping up this course, you'll have the core information you need to get started with Jira right away.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Who is this for?
• What do you need?

1. Getting Started with Jira

• What is Jira?
• How is Jira used?
• Types of Jira
• Jira versions
• Important terms and definitions

2. Navigating Jira

• Logging in
• Using the system dashboard
• Accessing key features

3. Working in Projects

• Viewing the project list
• Types of projects
• Parts of a project
• Identifying project leads

4. Working with Issues

• Creating issues
• Editing issues
• Adding attachments
• Linking issues
• Transitioning issues
• Estimating effort
• Tracking time

5. Finding Issues

• Ways to find Jira issues
• Using basic search
• Using advanced search and JQL
• Sample queries
• Challenge: Finding issues
• Solution: Finding issues

6. Using Reporting Features

• Reporting methods
• How to save and share filters
• Creating filter subscriptions
• Creating boards
• Creating dashboards
• Using reports
• Exporting issues
• Challenge: Using reporting features
• Solution: Using reporting features

7. Managing Profile Settings

• Changing user preferences

Conclusion

• Next steps