Getting an overview of Scrum and Kanban

Scrum and Kanban are the two agile software development methodologies that are supported by Jira. If you are already familiar with Scrum and Kanban, feel free to skip this section. However, if you come from a more traditional waterfall model and are new to the agile methodologies, then here is a quick overview of them both. I would strongly recommend that you pick up an additional resource to learn more about each of the methodologies. A good place to start is the Atlassian Agile Coach, which can be found at https://www.atlassian.com/agile/about. We will take a quick look at both Scrum and Kanban in this section.

Scrum

Scrum is different from the waterfall model in that it prescribes the notion of iteration. With Scrum, a project is divided into several iterations, called sprints, each lasting from 2 to 4 weeks, to produce a fully tested and potentially shippable product at the end.

At the beginning of each sprint, the product owner...