Jira 7: For Developer, Administrator & Project Managers

Get hands-on practice on Jira customization and issue tracking implementation for your organization

What you’ll learn
Learn to manage your projects effectively with Jira
Explore Jira customizations for various use cases.
Get complete administrative control over your projects
Deal with real-world situations in which Jira is useful in organizations
Learn to execute bulk changes to issues
Create custom filters, dashboards, widgets, epics, stories, bugs, and tasks.

Requirements
No prior knowledge of Jira is assumed

Description
Jira software is an agile project management tool that supports any agile methodology, be it scrum, Kanban, or your own unique flavor. From agile boards to reports, you can plan, track, and manage all your agile software development projects from a single tool. This course follows a strict practical approach and demonstrates detailed use & working of Jira 7. Initially, you’ll learn basics of Jira which also covers some crucial components of Jira 7 technology such as JIRA Software, JIRA Core, and JIRA Service Works. Developers will then learn to development within Jira and integrating with other tools such as Bitbucket and Github, Integrating Jira with LDAP and implementing SSO & much more! Additionally, project managers will learn the difference between different issue types, how to manage them all in a backlog and how to create and configure your board to optimize your specific workflow. Finally it teaches administrators how to create and customize Dashboards so everyone can watch the team as they continue to succeed! By the end of this course, you will have developed a great working knowledge of Jira Software, thus making your project management much more efficient and release great software.Contents and OverviewThis training program includes 2 complete courses, carefully chosen to give you the most comprehensive training possible.The first course, Jira 7 Guide for Administrators and Developers you start with basics of JIRA and show how JIRA can be customized to suit the needs of your organization. This updated edition will cover all major components of JIRA 7, which includes JIRA Software, JIRA Core, and JIRA Service Works. We cover everything you need to know to set up a fully-functional implementation. Finally, we will also go over the newly added features in Jira 7.10.In the second course, Creating and Running an Agile Project in JIRA you will dive straight into the action, exploring critical agile terminologies and concepts in the context of JIRA Software. You will learn how to plan, track, and release great software. This course will teach you how to choose a workflow, set issue types and assign permissions.You will learn to stay connected with your team from anywhere to ensure great development.You will also be able to use JIRA Dashboards to broadcast your project results to all stakeholders so everyone is aligned. By the end of this course, you will have developed a great working knowledge of JIRA Software, thus making your project management much more efficient.About the AuthorsRavi Sagar is an Atlassian Consultant and Drupal expert with several years’ experience in web development and business analysis. He has worked extensively at implementing and customizing big Jira instances for project tracking, test management, support tickets, and Agile tracking. Ravi founded Sparxsys Solutions Pvt. Ltd in 2010. This company provides consultancy and training services on Atlassian tools and Drupal. He has a keen interest in building accessible websites adhering to WCAG guidelines. Ravi’s areas of interest include project management and Agile methodologies. Along with this, he has also authored several books for Packt. They are:• Mastering JIRA 7 – Second Edition• Mastering JIRA.• Your Definitive Guide To Building a Fantastic Blog in DrupalHis certifications also include: • Atlassian Certified Professional Jira Administrator.• Atlassian Certified in Agile Development with Jira Software.David Harned is a PMO Director for Monotype and is a motivated and inspired leader of Agile thinkers, driving adoption within enterprises that have numerous parallel-distributed, highly autonomous, and self-organized teams. He is a design, usability, and customer experience advocate. He has managed developer group building in the e-commerce retail business. David is an Agile believer and uses Scrum, Kanban, and Lean as well as hybrid approaches for project management. David is an expert in the implementation of Scrum at scale using standards and tools for process and visibility across the enterprise. David holds many certifications in the project management and Agile domains including: PMI Project Management Professional, Digital Project Manager, Certified ScrumMaster, Certified Scrum Product Owner, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner, Certified Scrum Professional, and as Certified Scrum @ Scale Practitioner. David has used JIRA since 2005 and he uses it nearly every day to execute projects with Agile teams.

Overview
Section 1: Jira 7 Guide for Administrators and Developers

Lecture 1 The Course Overview

Lecture 2 Introduction to JIRA Administration

Lecture 3 An Overview of Project Configurations

Lecture 4 Understanding Various Schemes in Jira

Lecture 5 Jira Customization Best Practices

Lecture 6 Required Configurations for Test Management

Lecture 7 Issue Type Scheme

Lecture 8 Workflow Scheme

Lecture 9 Issue Type Screen Scheme

Lecture 10 Field Configuration and Priority Schemes

Lecture 11 Permission and Notification Schemes

Lecture 12 Validators

Lecture 13 Conditions

Lecture 14 Post Functions

Lecture 15 Using Tempo Timesheets and Tempo Planner

Lecture 16 Automation in Jira Using Script Runner

Lecture 17 Using X-Ray for Test Management

Lecture 18 Advanced Reporting Using EazyBI

Lecture 19 Integrating with Bitbucket and GitHub

Lecture 20 Integrating with Other Atlassian Tools Using Application Links

Lecture 21 Integrating Jira with LDAP and Implementing SSO

Lecture 22 Mail Handler in Jira

Lecture 23 Import and Export

Lecture 24 Jira Administration Best Practices

Lecture 25 Troubleshooting Jira

Lecture 26 Setting Up Change Control Board

Lecture 27 What Is New in Jira 7.10

Section 2: Creating and Running an Agile Project in JIRA

Lecture 28 Course Overview

Lecture 29 Projects Keep Your Work Organized

Lecture 30 Creating an Account with Atlassian

Lecture 31 Project Creation and Management

Lecture 32 Schemes, Screens, Workflows, and Permissions

Lecture 33 Epics, Stories, Bugs, and Tasks

Lecture 34 Issue Type Attributes, Adding, and Removing Them

Lecture 35 Managing the Items in Your Backlog

Lecture 36 Creating and Configuring Your Board

Lecture 37 Creating and Starting a Sprint

Lecture 38 The Daily Scrum

Lecture 39 Smaller Stories or Tasks?

Lecture 40 Closing the Sprint — the Sprint Report

Lecture 41 Versions and Releases

Lecture 42 Burndown Report

Lecture 43 Sprint Report

Lecture 44 Velocity Chart

Lecture 45 Release and Epic Burndowns

Lecture 46 Version and Epic Reports

Lecture 47 Issue Searching Using JQL

Lecture 48 Saving and Managing Filters

Lecture 49 Executing Bulk Changes

Lecture 50 Creating New Boards from Saved Filters

Lecture 51 Creating and Managing Dashboards

Lecture 52 Adding Gadgets to Your Dashboard

Lecture 53 Sharing Your Dashboard

This course will be useful for developers, administrators, project managers, software developers to track, organize, and prioritize bugs.,It is also intended for other JIRA users, including developers (and those in any other industry besides software development) who would like to leverage JIRA’s powerful task management and workflow features to better manage their business processes.