JIRA essentials : use the features of JIRA to manage projects and effectively handle bugs and software issues / Patrick Li.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, Patrick, author.

Series:

Professional Expertise Distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer software--Development--Management.

Computer software.

Computer system failures--Management.

Computer system failures.

Issues management--Computer programs.

Issues management.

Project management--Computer programs.

Project management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Other Title:

Use the features of JIRA to manage projects and effectively handle bugs and software issues

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

If you wish to develop your practical skills with JIRA in order to install, use, and manage your projects, then this is the perfect book for you. You need to be familiar with software project management and basic computer operations, specifically the system on which you will use JIRA.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Started with JIRA; The JIRA architecture; High-level architecture; Web browsers; Application services; Data storage; The JIRA installation directory; The JIRA home directory; System requirements; Hardware requirements; Software requirements; Operating systems; Java platforms; Databases; Application servers; Installation options; Installing and configuring JIRA; Installing Java; Installing MySQL; Preparing MySQL for JIRA; Installing JIRA

Obtaining and installing JIRAInstalling MySQL driver; The JIRA setup wizard; Starting and stopping JIRA; Post-installation configurations; Increasing JIRA's memory; Changing JIRA's port number and context path; Configuring HTTPS; Summary; Chapter 2: Project Management; The JIRA hierarchy; Project category; Project; Issue; Field; Project permissions; Creating projects; Changing the project key format; Importing data into JIRA; Importing data through CSV; Project user interfaces; Project Browser; The Summary tab; The Issues tab; The Road Map tab; The Change Log tab

The Versions and Components tabThe Source and Reviews tab; Project Administration; The Summary tab; The Components tab; Creating components; Managing components; Component lead and default assignee; The Versions tab; Creating versions; Managing versions; Other tabs; The Help Desk project; Creating a new project category; Creating a new project; Assigning a project to a category; Creating new components; Putting it together; Summary; Chapter 3: Issue Management; Understanding issues; JIRA issue summary; Working with issues; Creating an issue; Editing an issue; Deleting an issue

Moving an issue between projectsCasting a vote on an issue; Receiving notifications on an issue; Assigning issues to users; Sharing issues with other users; Issue linking; Enabling issue linking; Creating link types; Linking issues with other issues; Linking issues with remote contents; Issue cloning; Time tracking; Configuring time tracking; Specifying original estimates; Logging work; Issues and comments; Adding comments; Managing your comments; Permalinking a comment; Attachments; Enabling attachments in JIRA; Attaching files; Attaching screenshots; Issue types and subtasks

Creating issue typesDeleting issue types; Subtasks; Enabling subtasks; Creating subtasks; Issue type schemes; Issue priorities; The help desk project; Adding new issue types; Creating an issue type scheme; Putting it together; Summary; Chapter 4: Field Management; Built-in fields; Custom fields; Custom field types; Standard fields; Advanced fields; Searchers; Custom field context; Managing custom fields; Adding a custom field; Editing/deleting a custom field; Configuring a custom field; Adding custom field contexts; Configuring select options; Setting default values; Field configuration

Adding a field configuration

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 16, 2015).

OCLC:

910639536