Agile Project Management with Kanban and Jira

• An understanding of project management concepts (workflows, etc.)
• Experience working in team projects

JIRA is a Java based web application that provides project and issue tracking for improving the agility of software development.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to use Jira to implement a Kanban approach to Agile within their organization.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles behind Agile and Kanban
• Use Jira to create and manage a Kanban project
• Customize Jira to fit the needs of their organization
• Perform basic and advanced searches and analysis
• Generate and review reports

Audience

• Product managers
• Software developers
• Test engineers
• Business analysts

Format of the Course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice in a live-lab environment.

Note

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Introduction

• Agile vs Kanban vs Scrum

Jira Installation and Setup

Overview of Jira Features and Design

The Kanban Way

• Process, team work, customer engagement, waste, simulation

Creating a Kanban Project

Overview of the Kanban Board

Configuring a Workflow

• Backlog, Selected for Development, In Progress, Done

Adding Tasks, Bugs, and User Stories to the Backlog

Moving Work through Development, In Progress, and Done

Holding Team Meetings

Limiting Work In Progress using Column Constraints

Monitoring Team Progress with the Control Chart

Visualizing Team Progress using the Cumulative Flow Diagram

Carrying out Search and Analysis

Customizing Jira

Troubleshooting

Summary and Conclusion