Jira Software for Lightweight Agile

Explore the core capabilities of Jira Software and how it is used to manage work from requirements to delivery. You’ll gain a high-level understanding of how Jira supports visibility, collaboration, and progress tracking.

Learn how Jira fits into the wider Atlassian ecosystem. This lecture explains how tools like Jira and Confluence work together to support modern teams.

Follow a practical walkthrough of setting up Jira for the first time. You’ll see how to access Jira and prepare it for basic project tracking.

Get familiar with the Jira user interface. This tutorial shows where to find key features so you can navigate Jira confidently and efficiently.

Learn how Jira tracks work using issues and workflows. This lecture explains how progress, comments, and activity history are captured in one place.

See how to create an issue in Jira step by step. You’ll learn how to capture the right information to track work clearly and consistently.

Learn how workflows control how issues move through Jira. This tutorial shows how to add workflow steps to reflect real delivery processes.

Understand how statuses represent progress in Jira. This tutorial shows how to view existing statuses and add new ones to support your workflow.

Learn how to extend Jira with custom fields. This tutorial shows how to capture additional data to improve filtering, reporting, and insight.

Learn how to structure Jira projects to match real-world delivery. This lecture focuses on keeping project organisation simple and practical.

Follow a walkthrough of creating a new Jira project. You’ll see how to set up a project ready to track work quickly.

Learn how to use the backlog to prioritise work. This tutorial shows how to reorder issues and prepare items for upcoming sprints.

See how to create and start a sprint in Jira. This tutorial explains how work moves from the backlog into active delivery.

Learn how Jira supports monitoring and reporting. This lecture introduces filters and dashboards that provide visibility into project progress.

Learn how to create and save filters in Jira. This tutorial shows how to quickly find the information you need and reuse it for reporting.

Learn how Jira can be adapted to different project phases. This lecture shows how Jira supports planning, development, and testing needs.

Learn how to link related issues and use sub-tasks. This tutorial improves traceability and coordination across work items.

See how Jira can be used for manual test management. This tutorial shows how to track test cases, executions, and defects in Jira.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use the Atlassian Writing Assistant in Jira Software to quickly draft Epics and User Stories. You’ll see how to generate descriptions and acceptance criteria, make simple edits, and use the tool to speed up writing tasks inside Jira.

This video bridges basic Jira usage and more advanced backlog practice by showing how to turn rough meeting notes into clear, testable user stories using AI.

In this video, you’ll see how to move from basic Jira issue creation to more advanced backlog practice. Using a real example, I show how generative AI can help turn high-level meeting notes into a structured backlog of atomic user stories with clear acceptance criteria.

This approach builds on the Jira fundamentals covered earlier in the course and prepares you for more advanced requirements and agile training.