Jira & Confluence Masterclass 2025 for Projects & Teams

This Jira & Confluence Masterclass is the only course you need to get up to speed with Atlassians powerful project management tool Jira.

Picture this: you're sitting across from your manager, confidently fielding every question with a single click. Why? Because you've built a powerful, insightful dashboard that provides crystal-clear transparency into your project, making you the go-to expert in the room.

This is the only course you will need to master Jira & Confluence for agile and non-agile projects and teams!

"A fool with a tool is still a fool!" 

We´ve all heard this phrase before and that´s why this course does not focus on teaching every single feature of Jira, but on teaching what really matters to get your team, project or product a head start and help you succeed in your work or career.

WHAT JIRA CAN DO FOR YOU

being proficient in Jira can help you in getting...

• a new or better job

• a raise or promotion

• a new exciting task or project

• your team or project successfully across the finish line

• a big privat project organized (like a wedding)

• or simply make you an even more valuable asset of your team and company

WHY TAKE EXACTLY THIS COURSE?

I know. There are already a few great Jira courses out there and some of them have already thousands of students.

The reason is simple. I´m not an Atlassian Consultant. I´m a project manager. I´m a user.

That´s what i know. That´s what i teach. I teach what moves you forward, not everything the system is capable of.

Therefore, this course is not for those who want to become a Jira-Admin.

In recent years, as a project and portfolio manager, I have repeatedly witnessed colleagues and friends being thrown into new projects or project management roles overnight.

In these moments, you’re expected to quickly learn new skills and rise to the challenge, but some of my colleagues  struggled to find their footing in the new role and didn´t know how to organize their new tasks. The complexity and challenges left them feeling overwhelmed, drained, and unable to enjoy their new roles.

We all want to succeed and take the next step in our career, but without a little help it can be a daunting task.

I´m here to help. I created this course because I couldn’t find a comprehensive course that, from the perspective of a practitioner and project manager, covered the specific use cases my colleagues and I needed back then.

ONLY THIS COURSE PROVIDES...

1. insights on the latest version of Jira Software Cloud | Even including the brand new Jira sidebar!

2. more content than comparable courses, but remains focussed on the key issues

3. fun and great food for thought: additional articles, comics, opinions and links to inspiring content that goes beyond Jira´s features

4. better downloads and One-Pagers for you to use as quick-reference while setting up your own project or talking to colleagues

5. a carefully designed curriculum with introductions, wrap-up´s and quizzes to ensure that you remember what really matters

6. a naturally designed course structure that is easy to follow along with your own project

7. real-life examples from an experienced project manager and Jira user

8. no BS or babbling around. Concise content that helps you succeed (i´m german, we get straight to the point ;-))

9. abilitiy to learn according to your own schedule by providing short videos that tackle a single topic at a time

10. various ways of testing what you´ve learned: Quizzes, Assignments with easy and more difficult options for you to choose and short and concise Wrap-Up´s of each chapter

11. Support - I´ll do my best to answer any question you might have

Only with this course you´ll get actionable advice on important functionalities and features combined with a free and powerful workbook, as well as links to inspiring additional content.

MY MISSION:

Project-based work is becoming more important every day, and I’ve seen how people like you can suddenly find themselves thrown into challenging project responsibilities overnight. My mission is to make project management knowledge accessible to everyone.

For this course my goal is not only to help you master Jira, but also to make you understand how you can apply Jira in your daily business

AT THE END OF THE COURSE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

• setup a Jira project and a Confluence Workspace for your team or company

• apply all important features of Jira & Confluence

• create customized workflows, issues and screens

• understand and create reports and dashboards

• combine Jira & Confluence in an professional manner and to...

• know several Apps that will enhance your Jira experience

• utilize powerful Confluence elements like page property reports

• understand methods and techniques like work-in-progress-limits, issue-hierarchies and more to use Jira to great effect in your job

IN THIS COURSE YOU WILL LEARN...

• HOW to use Jira as a Project Manager or Team Lead

• WHAT you can achieve with specific features and how to apply them to real-life situations

• WHY it helps managing your project or team professionally

YOU ARE IN CONTROL

You decide whether to complete easy or more difficult tasks in each chapter

You decide where to start the course after the initial introduction

• You want the full experience of this course? Start at the very beginning!

• You are already familiar with agile concepts & Jira and the Atlassian Marketplace? Skip ahed to chapter 4

• You already know the basic concepts of Jira and want to learn more in-depth functionalities? Skip ahead to chapter 5

STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE

1. Jira & Confluence Masterclass for Users | Introduction and Downloads

   • Download the course workbook, set up your own Jira account and learn what i wish i knew before starting my first Jira project

2. Understanding Jira Products | Jira and the Atlassian Marketplace

   • Learn more about different Jira, Jira products and where to find addons and plugins that might help you later on.

3. Important Terms and Concepts | A Brief Recap on Scrum, Kanban and Jira Terms

   • Understand the differences between Scrum and Kanban and learn some important Jira terms that we need for the rest of this course

4. First Steps Working with Jira | Start Using Jira and Understand Basic Principles

   • Learn how to invite team members, create your very own Epics, Stories, Tasks and Bugs and learn how Versions can help to organize your project or product development

5. Work More Efficiently | Jira Boards and Timelines

   • Understand the differences between Scrum and Kanban Boards in Jira, how to configure them for your needs

6. Stay in Control | Learn How to Apply Filters, Automations and Create Dashboards

   • Learn how to keep an overview an all your issues by applying filters (incl. advanced Jira Query Language (JQL) filters), how to design automations for repetitive tasks and how to create dashboards and reports for more transparency and control

7. Become an Expert | Advanced Features for Customized Jira Processes and Workflows

   • Make it your tailored project: Create custom workflows, issue types, screens and manage notifications in Jira

8. Confluence

   • Integrate Confluence into your Jira project and learn how to use powerful elements to analyze and show Jira data on Confluence pages. Learn how to create Statusreports or similar project management related pages in Jira data in Confluence

     
     

CONCLUSION

• Within the last 13 years of my project management career i´ve learned that it´s never about the tool, but always about the project or product and the people who work with it. In my eyes it´s crucial to understand why you want to use a tool in the first place and than use the right features to get there.

• That´s why i´m teaching from a project management perspective, focussing on what i believe really helps you to get your project or product across the finish line.

• I won´t focus on teaching each and every functionality of Jira, but on teaching what i believe is really useful to you.

• That´s why i´ll do my best providing real-life examples and explanations, that will put Jira´s features into a real-life context.

Enroll now! See you soon on the other side!

Niels