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Automate Everyday Tasks in Jira

You're reading from   Automate Everyday Tasks in Jira A practical, no-code approach for Jira admins and power users to automate everyday processes

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800562868
Length 314 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gareth Cantrell Gareth Cantrell
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Getting Started – the Basics
2. Chapter 1: Key Concepts of Automation FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Automating Jira Issues 4. Section 2: Beyond the Basics
5. Chapter 3: Enhancing Rules with Smart Values 6. Chapter 4: Sending Automated Notifications 7. Chapter 5: Working with External Systems 8. Section 3: Advanced Use Cases with Automation
9. Chapter 6: Automating Jira Service Management 10. Chapter 7: Automating Jira Software Projects 11. Chapter 8: Integrating with DevOps Tools 12. Chapter 9: Best Practices 13. Chapter 10: Troubleshooting Tips and Techniques 14. Chapter 11: Beyond Automation; an Introduction to Scripting 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Planning your rules

Before you jump in and start creating automation rules, you should have a clear purpose about what you want to automate and how to approach your desired outcome, and these are things that you should think about in the planning stages.

Having an automation strategy in place first will ensure that your automation rules are fit for purpose, are efficient, and meet the objectives of the organization.

In this section, we will look at some of the best practices for planning your rules.

Planning your automation strategy

It is worth keeping in mind that the primary purpose of automation is to streamline your business and to ensure that your processes work more efficiently.

When planning what to automate, one of the first things you should do is engage with your users. This will uncover valuable insight into which tasks they spend the most time doing and how you could leverage automation rules to increase their productivity.

You should also take into account...

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