Jira 8 Essentials: Effective issue management and project tracking with the latest Jira features , Fifth Edition

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Getting Started with Jira

In this chapter, we will start with a high-level view of Jira, going through each of the components that make up the overall application. We will then examine the various deployment options, system requirements for Jira 8, and the platforms/software that are supported. Finally, we will get our hands dirty by installing our very own Jira 8 from scratch with the installation wizard. Finally, we will also cover some post-installation steps, such as setting up SSL to secure our new instance.

By the end of this chapter, you will have learned about the following:

The different offerings from the Jira product family
The overall architecture of Jira
The basic hardware and software requirements to deploy and run Jira
Platforms and applications supported by Jira
Installing Jira and all of the required software
Post-installation configuration options to customize...

Key benefits

Work on agile projects in Jira from both the administrator and end user's perspective

Explore the improved Scrum and Kanban board and backlog

Work through exercises at the end of each chapter to reinforce your skills

Description

Atlassian Jira enables effective bug tracking for your software and mobile applications and provides tools to track and manage tasks for your projects. Jira Essentials is a comprehensive guide, now updated to Jira 8 to include enhanced features such as updates to Scrum and Kanban UI, additional search capabilities, and changes to Jira Service Desk. The book starts by explaining how to plan and set up a new Jira 8 instance from scratch before getting you acquainted with key features such as emails, workflows, business processes, and much more. You'll then understand Jira's data hierarchy and how to design and work with projects. Since Jira is used for issue management, this book delves into the different issues that can arise in your projects. You’ll explore fields, including custom fields, and learn to use them for more effective data collection. You’ll create new screens from scratch and customize them to suit your requirements. The book also covers workflows and business processes, and guides you in setting up incoming and outgoing mail servers. Toward the end, you’ll study Jira's security model and Jira Service Desk, which allows you to run Jira as a support portal. By the end of this Jira book, you will be able to implement Jira 8 in your projects with ease.

Who is this book for?

This book will be especially useful for project managers but it's also intended for other Jira users, including developers, and any other industry besides software development, who would like to leverage Jira's powerful task management and workflow features to better manage their business processes.

What you will learn

Understand Jira s data hierarchy and how to design and work with projects in Jira

Use Jira for agile software projects, business process management, customer service support, and more

Understand issues and work with them

Design both system and custom fields to behave differently under different contexts

Create and design your own screens and apply them to different project and issue types

Gain an understanding of the workflow and its various components

Set up both incoming and outgoing mail servers to work with e-mails

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