JIRA Software is an excellent Agile project tool to help you track problems, integrate code, plan, develop, and release high quality Software products. Agile project management can be applied to any JIRA project. Whether you’re a Scrum master or new to agile development, GreenHopper can help you manage your backlog, plan your sprints, and monitor your project progress throughout the release process.

Before starting the project, one of the prerequisites is to download the trial version of JIRA Software. After registration, we can start the project.

Step 1 – Create a project

  1. In the upper left corner, click on the Jira Home icon

  2. Click on the project

  3. Click on the upper right to create the project

Step 2 – Select a template

Project templates help teams quickly get default Settings and functionality up and running for various use cases.

There are two types of project templates in the Jira Software Cloud: Classic and Next-Gen. Classic templates include the advanced customization and flexibility originally built by Jira Software. The next generation of templates presents a reimagined version of Jira Software with simplified configuration and customization options.

classic

All the features and options that Jira Software is familiar with.

This is for agile teams with a lot of backlogs that need to plan and estimate their work in the sprints and perform it on a regular basis.

This is for agile teams that monitor their work in a continuous process rather than stages, with a focus on managing the work in progress. (Including kanban backlog options.)

This is for teams that don’t need a board and prefer to manage development tasks and bugs in a list view.

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Reimagine, redesign and simplify

Ideal for teams that require quick setup and minimal configuration. Provide sprint work with a redesigned simplified experience.

Ideal for teams that require quick setup and minimal configuration. With a redesigned simplified experience, work can be monitored in a continuous flow.

Step 3 – Set up your circuit board

The board is designed to display problems in one or more projects, giving you a flexible way to view, manage, and report on your work as it progresses. The type of board you set depends on the project template you choose (classic Scrum or Kanban, next-generation Scrum or Kanban). Whether you use Scrum or Kanban, Jira Software can create the perfect motherboard to add a touch of productivity magic to your team processes.

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Although you can configure a lot of content on the board, we recommend that you set up columns for the time being. When you start a new Jira Software project, it’s important that your motherboard reflects how your team works. If you’re not sure what your team’s workflow is or should be, check out our Jira Software tutorial on how to do it.

To set up the circuit board column:

  1. Navigate to your team’s board of directors by selecting Active Sprints (for Scrum projects) or Kanban Board (for Kanban projects) from the left project menu.

  2. Choose more (•••) > Circuit Board Settings in the upper right corner.



  3. Select columns.

  4. Select Add Columns to add columns for each step in the team process.

    For example, if work needs to go through QA steps before it is considered complete, you can add a column named QA and place it before completion.

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The most important part of setting up the board is getting the columns right. Ideally, your board should reflect the way your team works, with the + option available to add a column on the board.

Rearrange the columns by dragging them in the desired order.

Step 4 – Create a problem

The problem is the building blocks of the Jira Software project. A problem can represent a story, epic, error, feature to build, or any other task in the project.

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Scrum and Kanban are two frameworks for Agile project management. In Jira Software, Scrum and Kanban projects have different capabilities to help teams using both frameworks.

For Scrum teams: Select Backlog from the project menu on the left and click + Create Issue to start adding work to the team’s Backlog.



For the Kanban team: Navigate to your Kanban, then select + from the global menu on the left. Your problem will appear in the Backlog column.

You can configure questions in a number of different ways.

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For Scrum teams: Select Backlog from the project menu on the left, then click + Create Issue to add issues to your to-do list. You can also choose to add issues directly to sprint.

For the Kanban team: Select Board from the project menu on the left, hover over any column, and click +. If Backlog is enabled, you can also create problems on the Backlog.

That’s it for this tutorial, and the next section will cover the first project to create Jira Software (part 2), which focuses on inviting the team and setting up the workflow. If you have any questions or suggestions about this article, please leave them in the comments section.