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JIRA is an issue tracking tool that allows users to prioritize, assign, track, and report on issues. It provides customizable reporting, workflows, and over 100 plugins. JIRA supports agile methodologies like Scrum through features like user stories, sprints, burn-down charts, and integrating with tools like GitHub. It can also be used for software testing and filing bugs. JIRA is available both on-premise and in the cloud, and has APIs to integrate with other tools.

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JIRA - An Introduction: Arpit Jindal Arpit - Jindal@utdallas - Edu

JIRA is an issue tracking tool that allows users to prioritize, assign, track, and report on issues. It provides customizable reporting, workflows, and over 100 plugins. JIRA supports agile methodologies like Scrum through features like user stories, sprints, burn-down charts, and integrating with tools like GitHub. It can also be used for software testing and filing bugs. JIRA is available both on-premise and in the cloud, and has APIs to integrate with other tools.

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JIRA – An Introduction

-Arpit Jindal
[email protected]
Topics for today
 Introduction to JIRA and its features

 Demonstration of usage of JIRA

 JIRA for Scrum

 Comparing JIRA with other version


control tools
 Q&A
Basic questions
 What is JIRA? In simple terms: “JIRA
is an issue tracker”
 Is it web based? Yes
 Is it open source? Yes
 Is it a licensed product? Yes
 Whose product is JIRA?
www.atlassian.com
Features (from the creators of
JIRA)
 Because you've got issues
 JIRA lets you prioritise, assign, track, report and
audit your 'issues,' whatever they may be — from
software bugs and help-desk tickets to project tasks
and change requests.
 Reporting and statistics
 Customisable reporting allows you to monitor the
progress of your issues with detailed graphs and
charts.
 Workflow your way
 Map your business process with a custom workflow.
 An extensible platform
 Integrate JIRA into your systems with our open API
and 100+ free plugins.
Issues and Workflows
 What is an “Issue”?
 Any task that requires an action from a person
 What is “Workflow”?

 What are fields?


 The attributes of an issue (Standard & Custom)
Issue
Dashboard
JIRA for Scrum
User Stories and Sprint Items
 User stories created as PBLogEntry (Product Backlog
Entry)

 Sprint items created as SBLogEntry (Sprint Backlog


Entry)

 Sprint Id decided using the custom field “Sprint Id” in


the issue
Burn-down Charts
 Original Estimate filled during Spring Planning
 Remaining Estimate updated daily by developers
 Burn down generated using the data in confluence page
Plan Mode - Scrum
 Prioritize the Backlog.
 Estimate the stories
 Create the sprints
 Story points are available only for Epics and Stories
 Estimations in terms of Hours also possible by configuring the board
 Sub tasks can be created
 The stories can be grouped under each sprint
 The number of issues and the story points / hours are automatically
displayed to make plan easier
 At one point of time only one sprint is active
Work Mode - Scrum
Report Mode - Scrum
JIRA for Software Testing and
to file Bugs
Creating a JIRA issue
Project Name & Issue Type
Priority of the Bug & additional
attachments
Comparison of JIRA
Top 5 Reasons GitHub Users GO JIRA

 Agile at Scale
Scrum and Kanban improve project success and deliver value iteratively.  JIRA and JIRA Agile scale
Agile across your organization.  JIRA also integrates with GitHub to link issues to commits.

 Industry Leading Workflow Engine


Don't let your issue tracking software dictate your process.  With JIRA's workflow engine you can
easily build the process that fits your team.

 Powerful Searching and Reporting


Use JIRA's Query Language (JQL) with simple autocomplete to build advanced queries. Create a
personalized view of JIRA and share dashboards to track project status, create custom reports,
and monitor team progress with wallboards.

 Deployment Options
Simple Windows and Linux installers are available for an OnPremise solution, or you can get started
hassle-free with JIRA OnDemand.   Easily switch between OnPremise or OnDemand as your
organization evolves.

 Integrate with Everything


Get more from JIRA with flexible REST and Java APIs – plus over 600 plugins and add-ons in the
Atlassian Marketplace– to connect with the applications and tools you use every day.
Pricing
 Atlassian provides JIRA for free to open
source projects meeting certain criteria,
and to organizations that are non-profit,
non-government, non-academic, non-
commercial, non-political, and secular.
For academic and commercial customers,
the full source code is available under a
developer source license
Resources
 Homepage:
http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/
 Documentation:
http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/
docs/
 Customers:
http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/
customers.jsp

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