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Jira 8 Essentials

You're reading from   Jira 8 Essentials Effective project tracking and issue management with enhanced Jira 8.21 and Data Center features

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803232652
Length 412 pages
Edition 6th Edition
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Patrick Li Patrick Li
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Introduction to Jira
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Jira Data Center FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Using Jira for Business Projects 4. Part 2: Jira in Action
5. Chapter 3: Using Jira for Agile Projects 6. Chapter 4: Working with Issues 7. Chapter 5: Field Management 8. Chapter 6: Screen Management 9. Part 3: Advanced Jira
10. Chapter 7: Workflow and Business Process 11. Chapter 8: Emails and Notifications 12. Chapter 9: Securing Jira 13. Chapter 10: Searching, Reporting, and Analysis 14. Chapter 11: Jira Service Management 15. Chapter 12: Jira and Third Party Apps 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Configuring agile boards

Jira’s agile board is highly customizable, and many of the customization options leverage the core features of Jira, such as workflows. If you are not familiar with them, do not worry – we will cover these at a high level in the context of the agile board and dive into the details of each later in this book. In this section, we will explore these customization options, starting with the board’s column layouts.

Configuring columns

For both Scrum and Kanban, the board’s columns are mapped to the workflow that’s used by the project, and the default workflow that’s created is very simple. For example, the default Scrum workflow contains three statuses – To Do, In Progress, and Done. However, this is often not enough, as projects will have additional steps in their development cycle, such as testing and review. To add new columns to your board, follow these steps:

  1. Browse your project’s agile board...
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