This Jira Software Administration training course explores how Atlassian Jira Software can be tailored to meet specific needs with an in depth look at effective administration and configuration.
About this course
Is this course right for me?
This course is ideal for new Jira application administrators and those with the responsibility of defining projects and configurations for use within agile teams.
Objectives and outcomes
By the end of this course, students will understand how Jira can be tailored to meet specific project and processing needs.
Prerequisites
-Completion of the Clearvision ‘Agile with Jira Software Essentials’ training course (or equivalent) is recommended.
-Access to a laptop
-Internet connection
Modules breakdown
Module Sections
1. Introduction
2. Summary of users and groups
3. Projects
4. Project roles
5. Schemes
6. Audit logs
Lab Exercises
1. Create a Jira project and project category
2. Exploring the Issue type scheme
Module Sections
1. Users and the user browser
2. User sign up
3. Groups and the group browser
4. Global permissions
Lab Exercises
1. Public sign up and groups
2. Add new users and create/assign groups
Module Sections
1. Project administration vs. global administration
2. Versions
3. Components
4. Access control
- Project roles
- Permission schemes
- Issue security schemes
Lab Exercises
1. Create a project role and a permission scheme
2. Set up an Issue security scheme
Module Sections
1. Issue type
- Issue type schemes
2. Notification
- Notification schemes
- Events
3. Priority
- Priority schemes
Lab Exercises
1. Create a new Issue type
2. Create an Issue type scheme
3. Create a notification scheme
4. View the default priority scheme
Module Sections
1. Resolutions
2. Custom fields
3. New options in custom fields
4. Field configuration schemes
5. Field configurations
6. Re-indexing and index recovery
Lab Exercises
1. Create custom fields
2. Define a context
3. Create a field configuration
4. Make use of a field configuration scheme
Module Sections
1. Understanding screen schemes
2. Screen schemes
3. Creating screens
4. Modifying screens
Lab Exercises
1. Create a screen
2. Modify screen contents
3. Implement a screen scheme
4. Implement an Issue type screen scheme
Module Sections
1. The visual workflow designer
2. Planning workflows
3. The status attribute
4. Transitions
5. Mapping workflow status to agile boards
6. Workflow triggers
7. Creating a workflow
8. Creating workflow schemes
9. Workflow sharing
Lab Exercises
1. Add states to a workflow
2. Configure screens on transitions
3. Using post functions and validators
4. Configuring agile boards to match workflow changes
5. Implementing workflow schemes
6. Putting it all together
“As a 14 year veteran of Jira, I proposed this course to 8 potential admins. They learnt a lot and surprisingly I also learnt about features and short-cuts I was unaware of, very informative!”
Ray Scott, IT Consultant
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