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Jira Software for Scrum

Scrum is one of the agile methodologies supported by Jira Software. Unlike the old days, when a single project manager would use either a spreadsheet or Microsoft Project to keep track of a project's progress, with Jira Software and Scrum, team participation is encouraged to improve collaboration between different project stakeholders. In this chapter, we will look at how we can use Jira Software to unlock the power of Scrum.

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

An overview of Scrum
Setting up a Scrum board
Managing an issue backlog
Estimating work and team velocities
Running the Scrum sprint
Tracking and reviewing sprint progress

Key benefits

Plan and manage projects effortlessly with Jira Software by integrating it with other applications

Improve your team's performance with Scrum and Kanban, together with agile methodology

Easy-to-follow learning guide to install Jira Software and understand how it fits in with Atlassian Jira

Description

Jira Software is an agile project management tool that supports any agile methodology, be it scrum, Kanban, or your own unique flavour. From agile boards to reports, you can plan, track, and manage all your agile software development projects from a single tool. Jira Software brings the power of agile methodology to Atlassian Jira. This second edition of JIRA Agile Essentials, will help you dive straight into the action, exploring critical agile terminologies and concepts in the context of Jira Software. You will learn how to plan, track, and release great software. This book will teach you how to install and run Jira Software and set it up to run with Scrum and Kanban. It will also teach you to use Jira Software your way and run projects beyond the out-of-box Scrum and Kanban way, including a hybrid approach of both the methodologies and other options that come with Jira Software. Later, you will learn how to integrate it with the tools you are already using and enhance Jira with add-ons such as Confluence. You will learn to stay connected with your team from anywhere to ensure great development. Jira Software has numerous deployment options in the cloud, on your own infrastructure, or at a massive scale. You will be introduced to Bitbucket, Atlassian’s distributed version control system, which integrates seamlessly with Jira, allowing your team to work within the two applications as one harmonious environment. With this practical guide, you will develop a great working knowledge of Jira Software and your project management will become much more efficient.

Who is this book for?

If you want to get started with Jira Software and learn how to run your Jira projects the agile way, then this is the perfect book for you. You will need to be familiar with the basics of Jira, both from an end user's and an administrator's perspective. Experience with workflows, custom fields, and other administrative functions of Jira will be useful.

What you will learn

Understand the basics and agile methodologies of Jira software

Use Jira Software in a Scrum environment

Manage and run Jira Software projects beyond the out of box Scrum and Kanban way

Combine Scrum and Kanban and use other project management options beyond just agile

Customize Jira Software's various features and options as per your requirements

Work with Jira Agile offline, and plan and forecast projects with agile portfolio

Integrate Jira Agile with Confluence and Bitbucket

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