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. Using Keyboard Shortcuts Dynamic Field Mapping Capability JIRA Integration Common Issues
Each issue has a variety of associated information including: the issue type a summary a description of the issue the project which the issue belongs to components within a project which are associated with this issue versions of the project which are affected by this issue versions of the project which will resolve the issue […]
Once the above specifics have been determined, the Admin or Dev can enter the information into JIRA. From the top menu bar, select Issues–>Create Issue. From the Project pull-down menu, select the correct Project for this Issue, then do the same for the Issue Type. For Summary, type the Title of the Issue as provided […]
A new project must be created in JIRA when we gain a new customer or begin a new initiative or feature with an existing customer. The project can be created by a manager, the project leader, or an administrative person. (If this task is assigned to an administrator, a manager or the project lead should […]
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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrCJv0fTyR8 JIRA Test Case Management https://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=117832&type=member&item=5938625575680765955&trk=groups_items_see_more-0-b-ttl Creating Help for a Custom Field https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Creating+Help+for+a+Custom+Field JIRA: to Close or to Resolve? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4718471/jira-to-close-or-to-resolve […]
JIRA is based around the central concept of an issue. When you start collecting a large number of issues in a project you need a way to find what you are looking for and identify a subset of issues. Powerful issue search functionality is included in JIRA using both the GUI and the JIRA Query […]
When I observe various JIRA installations, some common problems tend to bubble to the surface. Many cases of poor adoption or user interaction can be traced back to inadequate setup. As a JIRA Admin or champion you can send a clear message to your users by how you approach the system in the first place. […]
The discipline just does not know it yet. When I speak of traditional project management, I mean a very rigid approach where the end is predetermined, with a level of specificity to allow for detailed estimates, and schedules. This can be the construction of a building, or the management of an election campaign where massive […]
When using a tool like JIRA to curate your project management processes it is important to use it effectively. It is very easy to move off of the “happy” path and into the weeds that cycle a project into chaos. I want to touch on a few of the pitfalls and also highlight a couple […]
Over the last two years I have been steadily transitioning from project based, hardware-centric systems, to the world of software development. This transition has required me to adapt in many ways, some were easy and some were quite difficult. As I prepare for the Atlassian Summit in San Francisco this week I am reminded of the journey […]
