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Jira Software Essentials

You're reading from   Jira Software Essentials Plan, track, and release great applications with Jira Software

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788833516
Length 192 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Patrick Li Patrick Li
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Working with columns

Columns represent the statuses that an issue can be in. On a simple board, as shown in the following screenshot, we have three columns, and they are each mapped to an issue status:

  • To Do: Issues that are waiting in the queue to be worked on are mapped to the To Do workflow status
  • In Progress: Issues that are currently being worked on are mapped to the In Progress workflow status
  • Done: Issues that are completed are mapped to the Done workflow status:

This is a very simple setup where issues only have three steps from start to finish. Often, you will have an existing workflow that is more complex than this.

Jira and workflow

Before we get into customizing columns, we first need to take a quick look at...

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