Understanding Jira for users, managers and admins
What you'll learn
- Understand Jira's core features and how it works.
- Use Jira more productively.
- Benefit from Jira as a team leader or manager.
- Set Jira up for your team or company as an administrator.
Requirements
- While you don't have to have JIRA to watch this course, if you want to follow along you'll need either a Jira Core or Jira Software account. Cloud subscription preferred.
Description
Master the fundamentals of Jira by getting up to speed on managing projects, tracking tasks, improving your team's collaboration, and more. This comprehensive 6-hour course is designed to equip you with the practical skills you need to navigate Jira efficiently, regardless of your role. You'll learn to:
Understand core agile concepts and how they're implemented in Jira
Speak the "Jira" language to understand its concepts and workflows
Navigating Jira's interface to perform your daily tasks faster and more effeciently
Leveraging Jira's features as a manager to enhance your team's productivity
Reporting features and tips to identifying bottlenecks and track work in progress
Customizing Jira as an administrator to optimize workflows and empower your organization
This course is ideal for anyone using Jira in a professional setting, including:
New and existing Jira users
Project managers and team leaders
Individuals transitioning into roles that utilize Jira
Aspiring or new Jira administrators
No prior experience with Jira is required. A basic understanding of project management concepts is helpful, but not essential. The course is structured into sections tailored to the needs of different user types. Here's a breakdown of what you'll learn in each section:
Section 1: Introduction and course overview
Section 2: Learning the core agile and Jira concepts you need to know before using Jira
Section 3: Jira for Users, the essential skills for daily task management
Section 4: Jira for Managers, focusing on team productivity, reporting, and collaboration
Section 5: Jira for Administrators, configuration and customization for organizational success
While each section is designed for a specific audience, everyone is encouraged to explore the entire course to get a complete understanding of Jira and improve collaboration across roles.
Who this course is for:
- This Jira course is meant for three main types of people: Jira users who want to be able to use it better. Team leaders and managers who want to take advantage of its features for their team and, finally, administrators who need to set Jira up for their teams and companies.
- This Jira course is NOT meant to be an end-all, one-stop-shop for everything you'll need to know to customize every feature in JIRA. There's just too many variables to include everything, so instead we're focusing on the core concepts and features to get you up to speed quickly.
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Instructor
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Dan's career has spanned experience as a web developer to motion designer to 3D artist with a focus on fluid dynamics and VFX to building a production system for a multi-million dollar online tutorial e-learning company to leading a content marketing team with millions of readers to creating an award-winning podcast heard around the world.
Dan’s teaching background coupled with his unique set of experiences gives you the opportunity to learn a broad range of topics that’ll help you be more efficient in your own projects.