As the largest purveyor of JIRA classes outside of Atlassian, we are as keen as anyone on their plans for the future after the round of press releases and articles related to JIRA, Atlassian’s value, and a possible IPO. The news and reporting around Atlassian of late has been pretty intense, confusing, and possibly alarming. […]
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Iterative Thinking is a Lifestyle
A student in a recent JIRA Boot Camp commented on how I described agile processes differently than a consultant her company had brought in. She noted that what I described seemed to make more sense. This got me thinking about those differences, why our approaches were different, and why it should matter. I read a […]
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. 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 […]
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
Example Software Development Workflow
Here is a quick case study of a workflow used at Oasis Digital (sister company of Expium) on complex software projects. We incorporate various important concepts including: Code Review Testing DOD (Definition of Done) Customer Shipment Production Validation
How to Add Labels to Issues
On occasion OD may require Issues to be sorted by labels of various types, whether for customer billing or internal processes. In JIRA, select the appropriate Project. From the menu on the left, select Issues. If needed you can filter the Issues to get a subset, or select All Issues. This will take you to […]
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. Using Keyboard Shortcuts Dynamic Field Mapping Capability JIRA Integration Common Issues
How to Create Issues
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 […]
Dividing work into the right set of JIRA issues
Here is a very brief case study of how complex work is divided into the right set of Jira issues at Oasis Digital, Expium’s sister company. Typically an experienced developer or manager will choose and approach to this challenge for a particular project; the approach year has worked reasonably well for our teams.. Important to […]