Learning Jira (Server and Data Center Edition)

Learning Jira Course (Server Edition)

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This course teaches you everything you need to get started with Jira Server and Data Center. Learn how to navigate the dashboard, view projects, and drill down for details. See how to create and edit issues, estimate time and effort, and search with JQL. Generate useful reports by creating filters, dashboards, and boards. Finally, adjust your preferences so that Jira works best for you.

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Description

Jira is a tool for issue tracking and project management. Already the industry standard for software development, Jira is quickly being adopted by many other teams like marketing, legal, IT, and finance. By learning Jira, you can easily manage your own daily tasks, help your organization plan strategic initiatives, and keep track of progress with the easy-to-use, real-time reporting tools. This course teaches you everything you need to get started with the server edition of Jira. Instructor Rachel Wright introduces you to the software and explains some of the differences between the versions and types of Jira. Then you can learn how to navigate the dashboard, view your project list, and drill down for details. Next, see how to create and edit issues, estimate the time and effort needed to complete them, and search for issues. Rachel also shows how to generate useful reports by customizing filters, dashboards, and boards, and adjust preferences so that Jira works best for you.

Course Contents

Introduction

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

Getting Started with Jira

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

Navigating Jira

  • Logging in
  • Using the System Dashboard
  • Accessing key features

Working in Projects

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

Working with Issues

  • Creating Issues
  • Editing Issues
  • Adding Attachments
  • Linking Issues
  • Transitioning Issues
  • Estimating effort
  • Tracking time

Finding Issues

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

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

Managing Profile Settings

  • Changing user preferences

Conclusion

  • Next Step

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See all Rachel Wright’s Jira and Confluence Courses on LinkedIn

Additional information

Format

Length

1h 12m

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