This review video's for Jira Core, a project management and issue tracking tool. Jira's project tracking product combines visual workflows, dashboards, and a wide array of integrations and add-ons to customize and simplify your project. Supported project types for Jira Core are business-focused and can be used in many different departments from sales and marketing to HR. The Jira software bundle, which doesn't include Jira Service Desk, but does include Jira Core, adds on project templates focused on software development along with a customizable agile board template.
The Jira Service Desk software subscription offers IT and customer service project templates. Both Jira Software and Jira Service Desk add-ons cost an additional $10 a month. Jira also provides integrations with Google Docs, Dropbox, Confluence, and more. With a brand new account, the software prompts you to build your first project, either with your own data or Jira-provided training materials. There are many templates to choose from when you create a new project, from recruitment tracking to lead tracking.
We'll be showing you Jira Core from a content management template visual using a pre-made project. Jira Core will always open your project to the last section you viewed. For me, it appears to be the board section. Jira Core's boards are set up Kanban-style, and the lane names are dictated by the template you choose. These preset lanes may limit workflow options within your projects. So, if you need customizable boards, this feature is available within Jira Software's agility project template.
Each lane is filled with cards that Jira calls issues. Move issues across the board as you make progress on them. You can also sort the board based on your assigned issues and what is due this week. The board view of issues is very basic, but you can find a much more in-depth view in the issues and filters tab. Here you will find a list of the issues within your specific project. Jira offers an extensive list of ways to filter and view these issues on the left-hand side.
Your issue cards feature many components that make task collaboration seem effortless. These features include, but aren't limited to, assigning tasks to a team member, adding and replying to comments, prioritizing, labeling, adding attachments, viewing the issue history, and much more. Along with its use of issue cards to help you complete your tasks, Jira Core also offers a reports area, found here, where you can track data on issues and overall project progress.
One major limitation of the reports function within Jira is that it does not provide a way of exporting the reports to other applications. Luckily, you can solve this issue by adding on a plugin for this feature. Atlassian's Jira Marketplace provides a large list of both free and paid plugins for your project needs. Now that you've seen the components of your project, I will show you the summary section. Here's where you'll find an overview of what's been happening within your project.
This section shows you the activity log of your project and other basic overview information. If you click on the statistics tab, you can see your project and issue progress in a visual and quantifiable format. This can be particularly useful for goal setting, as well as visualizing your project status. Another great tool for visualizing progress is the dashboard feature, located within the home page. The dashboard section displays holistic data from multiple projects in a single view.
Track each project, view activity logs, see what issues have been assigned to you, and customize your dashboards with over 20 other widgets here. The home page also allows you to look at an overview of your issues, access your projects, and with admin functions, access permissions, groups, add-ons, and more. Jira Core's mobile app offers a simplified version of Jira's desktop app, including the ability to switch between or add projects and issues.
You can view your issues in a list form, or through the board view, which also allows you to filter tasks directly assigned to you. Unlike the desktop version, it does not include any dashboard features or integrations with other Atlassian products that are not a part of the official Jira platform, such as Jira software and service desk. Overall, Jira Core is a complete and robust project tracking software. It's in-app training tools make it an easy to integrate product when adding it to your company workflow.
Where it lacks in certain features or abilities, it makes up for it with its long list of integrations and add-ons. To learn more about Jira software or any other project tracking software, click the link in the description or visit technologyadvice.com/projectmanagement. There you can browse reviews and recommendations on the best project management software and get a free 5-minute assessment to find a product that has the features you need. Thanks for watching.
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This video is meant to provide a brief tutorial and glimpse under the hood for Atlassian’s project management software, “Jira Core”. We’ll show you key features and ways to get off on the right foot with the software. Check out our Jira overview to learn more, or see our full list of the best Project […]
This video is meant to provide a brief tutorial and glimpse under the hood for Atlassian’s project management software, “Jira Core”. We’ll show you key features and ways to get off on the right foot with the software.
Check out our Jira overview to learn more, or see our full list of the best Project Management software.
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