Ultimate agile administration with Jira : solutions for agile project administration using dashboards, automation rules, and plugin integration with Jira / Yogita Chhaya.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chhaya, Yogita, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Delhi, India : Orange Education Pvt Ltd, [2023]

Summary:

The "Ultimate Agile Administration with Jira" begins with an in-depth exploration of Agile fundamentals, providing a comprehensive overview of Scrum and Kanban frameworks. Readers will gain proficiency in setting up projects, covering the Jira product family, key terminologies, and project templates.Readers will learn to create boards and implement Agile best practices within Jira. It will help to configure boards for visualizing team progress, planning sprints, and efficiently prioritizing and estimating tasks. It offers insights into Jira administration, guiding customization of workflows, screens, and issues to meet unique team requirements and seamlessly integrate them into existing projects. In the final section, the book explores team-managed projects in Jira, covering Filters, Dashboards, Reporting, and Automation Rules. Tips and tricks are also provided to optimize team productivity.The book offers an overview of Atlassian Marketplace plugins, Atlassian Analytics, and Jira Product Discovery. It comprehensively explores the features of the Jira Advanced Roadmap. This book is an invaluable asset for aspiring Jira Administrators preparing for Atlassian certification.

Contents:

Intro

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

About the Author

About the Technical Reviewer

Acknowledgements

Preface

Errata

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started with Agile, Jira, and Jira Terminologies

Introduction

Structure

History of Agile

Difference between Waterfall and Agile

Agile Mindset

4 Values and 12 Principles of Agile

4 Agile Values

Agile Principles

Various Agile Frameworks

Defining Scrum

Scrum Roles, Ceremonies, and Artifacts

Creating User Stories and Product Backlogs

Defining Kanban

Approaching Kanban

Comparison of Scrum and Kanban Frameworks

Estimating and prioritizing work in Agile

Agile metrics and performance tracking

About Jira

A step-by-step guide to creating a Jira site ١٨

Different Jira products

Jira's Popularity

Conclusion

Terminologies

2. Working with Project Templates

Defining a Project in Jira Software

Definition and Purpose of Project Templates

Benefits of Using Project Templates in Jira

Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Project

Choosing the Right Project Type: Team-managed vs Company-managed Projects

The Difference between Company-managed and Team-managed Projects

Factors to Consider While Choosing Team-managed Projects

Factors to consider while choosing Company-managed Projects

Exploring different Project Template Types and their Purpose

Configuring Projects

Examples of Successful Project Template Implementation and Configuration

Agile Scrum Software Development Template

Important Permissions

Managing Projects

People

Permissions

Notifications

Automation

Features

Workflows

Screens

Fields

Components

Development Tools

Scrum Boards

Agile Metrics

IT Service Management (ITSM) Project Template.

Creating an ITSM Project

Configuring Project Settings

Defining Request Types and Forms

Establishing Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

Creating Custom Queues and Workflows

Assigning and Managing Tickets

Monitoring and Report Generation

Important Use-cases

3. Creating Users, Groups, Roles, and Understanding Permissions

Creating Users

Invite Statuses in Jira

Creating Groups

Creating Project Roles

Example of Creating a Project Role

Groups vs Project Roles

Understanding Permissions and Access Control

Global Permissions

Examples of Global Permissions

Project Permissions

Examples of Project Permissions

Issue Permissions

Voters and Watchers Permissions

Comments Permissions

Time Tracking Permissions

Attachments permissions

Jira Admin Helper to Troubleshoot Permissions

Issue Security Permissions

Permission Schemes

Associating a Permission Scheme with a Project

Points to Remember

Important links for reference:

4. Managing Backlog, Sprints, and Boards

Steps to create an issue

Different ways to create issues and product backlog

Creating and grooming scrum product backlog

Creating and grooming the Kanban product backlog

Creating epic and version

Product backlog vs. sprint backlog

Sprint operations

Creating and customizing scrum and Kanban boards

Customizing scrum board

Customizing Kanban board

Scrum board vs. Kanban board

Points to remember

Use cases with References

5. Understanding Issue types and Issue type Schemes

Understanding issues

Issue-Status, Priority and Resolutions

Understanding Parent and Child issues and issue-type hierarchy

Creating issue-type hierarchy levels.

Examples of Jira Products Issue types

Understanding issue types with an Example

Configuring issue types

Creating Sub-task Issue type

Understanding Issue-type schemes

Associating an issue-type scheme with a project

Understanding Issue Operations

Issue Management Best Practices

Use cases with Reference Links

6. Customizing Fields, Field Configuration schemes, Screens, and Screen schemes

Understanding Fields and Creating Custom Fields

Types of Custom Fields in Jira with Examples

Adding Context to a Custom Field

Locked Custom Fields

Understanding Field Configuration

Field Configuration Scheme with an Example

Understanding Screens

Creating Screen Schemes, Issue-type Screen Schemes, and associating them with a Project

Use Cases of Screens and Screen schemes

References

7. Configuring Workflows in Jira in Agile Projects

Components of Workflow

Creating a Workflow with Example

Editing, Viewing, and Deleting a Workflow

Global transitions

Associating a Workflow with an Issue type

Adding a resolve issue screen to Workflow transition

Workflow Schemes

Conditions, Post-functions, Validators, and Triggers

Active vs. Inactive workflows

Workflows and Agile Boards

Mistakes to avoid while creating workflows

Links for Reference and Use Cases

8. Filters, Dashboards, and Agile Reporting

Understanding Basic search and Advanced search in Jira

Creating Jira filters

Step-by-step guide to create and save a Jira filter

Jira's built-in filters

Managing subscription, editing permissions, updating, copying, deleting filters

Working with search results.

Creating filters using advanced search

Step-by-step process to create an advanced filter

Understanding JQL Functions, Fields, Keywords, and Operators

Examples of important JQL for everyone

Understanding the importance of Dashboards

Step-by-step process to create a Dashboard and add Gadget

Choosing a Dashboard Layout

Copying, Sharing, and Deleting Dashboard

Adding and Customizing Gadgets to a Dashboard

Example Dashboards and Gadgets

Creating a Wallboard

Introduction to Reports

Steps to accessing Reports in Jira

Understanding Agile reports

Reports for Scrum Teams

Reports for Kanban Teams

Other Reports

Introduction and Overview of Atlassian Analytics

9. Jira Automation Rules

Understanding Automation Rules and its Importance

Accessing the Automation Rules on Jira Board

Knowing and Understanding Elements of Automation Rules

Triggers

Conditions

Actions

Rule Branching

Smart Values

Owner

Rule Actor

Scope

Allowing Rule Trigger

Notify on Error

Audit Log

Debugging Rules

Templates and Jira Automation Library

Jira Automation Playground

Checking Usage

Performance Insights

Import and Export Jira Automation Rules

Steps to Create an Automation Rule with Example

Essential Learning Examples

Resources

10. Managing Team- Managed Projects

Understanding Team-managed projects

Setting up Team-managed projects

Adding People, Roles, and Access levels

Enabling Agile Features

Issue types in Team-managed project

Creating custom issue types

Configuring an issue types' workflow

Defining Status

Creating Transitions

Transition Properties.

Adding or Removing Workflow rules

Managing Backlog

Agile Board Features

Understanding Insights

Timeline View

Reports

Migrating from team to company-managed projects

References and Use Cases

11. Jira Best practices and Must-know Features in Advanced Roadmaps

Dos and Don'ts for Product Owner

Dos and Don'ts for Scrum Master

Dos and Don'ts for Software Developers

Must-learn Features for Jira Admins

Importing issues in Jira

Creating a project with Sample data

Creating a project with multiple boards

Understanding Various Administrator Roles in Jira

Understanding Advanced Roadmap

Viewing a Sample Plan

Creating a Plan

Dependency Report

Setting up Teams

Creating Releases

Creating Cross-project Releases

Adding Filters

Configuring issues hierarchy above epics

Overview of Jira Product Discovery

All Ideas View

Impact Assessment View

Impact vs. Effort View

Roadmap View

Delivery Status View

12. Atlassian Marketplace and Plugins

Atlassian Marketplace

Selecting Applications from Atlassian Marketplace

Understanding Key Terminology of the Applications

Steps to Enable and Install Plugins

Admin-tool Plugins for Jira Administrators

Script Runner for Jira

Jira Miscellaneous Workflow Extensions

JSU Automation Suite for Jira workflow

Popular Plugins

Custom Charts for Jira Reports and Time in Status

X-ray Test Management for Jira

Zephyr Scale-Test Management for Jira

Index.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Chhaya, Yogita Ultimate Agile Administration with Jira: Solutions for Agile Project Administration Using Dashboards, Automation Rules, and Plugin Integration with Jira

ISBN:

9788196782603

8196782608