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Mastering JIRA 7

You're reading from   Mastering JIRA 7 Become an expert at using JIRA 7 through this one-stop guide!

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786466860
Length 450 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Ravi Sagar Ravi Sagar
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Planning Your JIRA Installation 2. Searching in JIRA FREE CHAPTER 3. Reporting – Using Charts to Visualize the Data 4. Customizing JIRA for Test Management 5. Understanding Zephyr and its Features 6. Sample Implementation of Use Cases 7. User Management, Groups, and Project Roles 8. Configuring JIRA User Directories to Connect with LDAP, Crowd, and JIRA User Server 9. JIRA Add-On Development and Leveraging the REST API 10. Importing and Exporting Data in JIRA and Migrating Configuration 11. Working with Agile Boards in JIRA Software 12. JIRA Administration with ScriptRunner and the CLI Add-on 13. Database Access 14. Customizing Look, Feel, and Behavior 15. Implementing JIRA Service Desk 16. Integrating JIRA with Common Atlassian Applications and Other Tools 17. JIRA Best Practices 18. Troubleshooting JIRA

Customizing the workflow for changes in transitions


In any issue-tracking system, the issues will be created, then moved to the In Progress state, and finally Closed. This is the scenario of a simple workflow with three states: Open, In Progress, and Closed, which would only work in ideal cases, but in real-world cases, the workflows, that is, how the issue will move from one state to another, could be quite complex. For instance, sometimes you need to wait for some information from the client to act further on the issue; there could be a case when someone will review your task before closing. To incorporate such cases, we need the ability to modify these workflows.

Each company has its own processes and software models. In JIRA, it's possible to customize the workflow very easily. This is one of the most powerful features of JIRA. We can easily create new states and conditions. In this section, we will customize the workflow for a test campaign and a test case.

Workflow for a test campaign...

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