Strategies for successfully traversing the ever shifting Atlassian UI Atlassian’s JIRA is a fascinating platform for me to use, teach about, and study. I have been working with computers since I was a child in the 80’s. My parents did not buy an Atari game machine when they were popular, we bought an Atari 400 […]
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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. JIRA in a Nutshell (video) Test Case Management Work Flow in JIRA How Using Markup in JIRA Comments Will Transform Your Issues Linking Bitbucket […]
How To Create a Wallboard
What is a Wallboard? A Wallboard displays imperative data about the headway of the team. Wallboards are large, distinguishable, and easily understood for anyone passing by. Not unlike a scoreboard for a football game. Classic Wallboards are made of paper, poster board, or sticky notes put on a wall. However, Electronic Wallboards assure that employees […]
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. Configuring Workflow Schemes Calculate TAT for Issue Type Bug JIRA Administration – Advantages of Using Project Roles Associating a Screen with an Issue Operation […]
How to Create an Issue
To create a new JIRA issue: Click the button ‘Create’ in the menu bar at the top of the screen (the quick keyboard shortcut is simply ‘c’). On the Create Issue dialog box, select the applicable project and issue type. Choose a Summary for the issue, and complete any required fields (marked with an asterisk), […]
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. Report Time in Non-Project Work Create Issue in JIRA Using Java Code 3 Top Tips for JIRA Agile Configuring Workflow Managing Add-Ons OSX Yosemite […]
How to Create a Dashboard
Creating a Dashboard When you begin to use JIRA for the first time, the dashboard that appears is one that has been configured by your JIRA administrator, a “default” dashboard. While you cannot edit the default dashboard, you can quickly create your own, and then customize it to your liking. To create your own dashboard: […]
Custom Issue Types, A Real Asset in JIRA
I often receive questions from JIRA users arising from a lack of understanding of the underlying system architecture. It is not unusual to desire some functionality and instinctively know there must be a way to do it with the data and the tools available, but not quite grasp the best way to accomplish it. Often […]
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. Customizing the Dashboard Diagnose Your Performance Translation Process in JIRA Using JIRA’s REST API to Create a Dashboard
JIRA Workflow Design Principles
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 […]