Agile Project Management with Jira Training

In this Jira Agile Project Management training course, you will learn how to configure Atlassian Jira to fit your organization’s needs, use real-time reporting to track projects and identify impediments, and see how evolving requirements are incrementally captured.

Agile Project Management with Jira Training Benefits

• In this course, you will learn how to:

  • Manage Scrum and Kanban workflows with Jira
  • Track multiple projects and teams
  • Configure Jira to align with your organization's needs
  • Utilize reports to increase visibility and transparency
  • Implement best practices to avoid common pitfalls

• Prerequisites

  • Experience at the level of any of the following courses:
    • Learning Tree Course 918 Agile Fundamentals Training
    • Learning Tree Course 1813 Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) Training
    • Learning Tree Course 1814 Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO) Certification Training
  • At least one year of work experience with Scrum or Kanban

Jira Agile Project Management Course Outline

Module 1: Introducing JIRA Interface and Workflow

Navigating the user interface

• Selecting different project views (plan, work, report, search, admin)
• Improving comprehension through rich text formatting and attachments
• Cross-referencing issues
• Watching ticket updates

Prioritizing backlogs

• Estimating task complexity
• Organizing issues according to importance
• Assigning issues to users and sprints
• Flagging issues that require attention

Module 2: Managing Scrum Projects

Managing boards (backlog, sprint, and review)

• Exploring boards and project relationship
• Starting and closing the sprint
• Improving productivity through day-to-day use

Managing epics, stories, bugs, and tasks

• Labeling and tagging components
• Optimizing search techniques
• Refining user stories
• Utilizing sub-tasks effectively

Managing sprints

• Monitoring the sprint board
• Verifying issue status reflects reality

Leveraging reports

• Tracking progress during retrospective and review
• Creating burndown, sprint, and velocity charts

Module 3: Customizing and Advanced Configuration

Advanced reporting

• Creating custom reports with JQL filters
• Designing custom dashboards
• Utilizing custom filters

Customizing JIRA

• Aligning JIRA with your organization's needs
• Configuring workflows for different teams
• Changing estimation and tracking statistics
• Adding custom fields to screens

Module 4: Scaling Projects with JIRA

Tackling a massively growing backlog

• Classifying and grouping issues
• Planning future work with releases/versions

Managing multiple projects and teams

• One team, multiple projects
• One project, multiple teams

Module 5: Managing Projects with Kanban

Comparing Scrum and Kanban

• Differences between Scrum and Kanban methodologies
• Deciding which is best for your team

Constraining throughput and capacity

• Setting up boards
• Organizing data with swim lanes and custom columns
• Tracking progress