Anyone familiar with JIRA understands that jumping into building a workflow without an overall plan can lead to problems. While navigating JIRA’s workflow editing tools, half of your brain is focused on your workflow design, and the other half is dealing with the tools. While I encourage new users to try their hand at the […]
Archive | November, 2014
How to Reorder Fields
JIRA gives you the ability to reorder fields directly in the user interface. In JIRA Administration -> Issues -> Screens, and a number of other places, you can reorder the fields by moving your cursor over the dotted columns to the left of the field, clicking, and dragging the field to another position. This […]
How to Create a Dashboard
A dashboard in JIRA can be a powerful way to display information to your team, monitor progress, compare projects, compare individuals/groups, and understand weaknesses in your systems. The list of gadgets is expanding all the time, I rarely create a project that does not have a presence on a dashboard. They are a powerful tool […]
Cup O’ Links
Hope everyone is having a great week! Below you’ll find a JIRA “Cup O’ Links,” a few helpful links to articles that answer some common questions and problems users face with JIRA. New Project Creation and User Deletion New Issue Type in JIRA 8 Steps to a Definition of Done in JIRA
Workflows
A JIRA workflow is the set of stages, called statuses that an issue goes through during its lifecycle. Workflows can be centered on a process flow within an organization or based on goals related to the item. For either of these you start with the built-in workflow. This workflow is represented in the diagram below. […]