To get the most out of this book

Since Jira Agile is an add-on extension to Atlassian Jira, you will need a running installation of Jira. You can download and install the latest version of Jira at http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/download.

Jira and the additional add-on Agile Cards for Jira, used in Chapter 5, Customizing Jira Software, can be downloaded and installed them from inside the Jira application. However, if your Jira installation does not have access to the internet, you can download Jira Agile from https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira and Agile Cards for Jira from https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.spartez.scrumprint.scrumplugin.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "the JQL query of fixVersioninunreleasedVersions()ORfixVersionisEMPTY."

 

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Sample Kanban Board is using the Filter for Sample Kanban Project saved filter."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.