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JIRA Basics - What Agilists Need to Know

JIRA brings clarity to agile projects and helps teams manage tasks, sprints, and workflows in a structured way.

Key topics

  • Foundations of agile working and team role distribution.
  • Creating, editing, and tracking JIRA issues.
  • Working with sprint boards and Kanban views.
  • Backlog management, prioritization, and roadmap planning.
  • Using meaningful reports and performance metrics.

Prerequisite
Basic knowledge of project management or initial experience with agile working methods is helpful but not required.

Target group
Particularly suited to Scrum Masters, Product Owners, project managers, and anyone working with digital tools in agile teams.

Those who use JIRA effectively will improve collaboration, planning, and transparency in agile projects for the long term.

Course content
  • A brief introduction to the fundamentals of Scrum.
  • Creating and configuring projects.
  • Managing task and issue lists.
  • Structuring work phases.
  • Setting up and managing versions.
  • Identifying and recording issues.
  • Working with components and building blocks.
  • Defining project names and codes.
  • Adjusting code formats.
  • Editing project settings.
  • Modifying codes retrospectively.
  • Archiving or removing projects.
  • Integrating JIRA with other tools.
  • Setting up user profiles.
  • Configuring the dashboard.
  • Customizing sidebars.
  • Using the global navigation bar.
  • Applying the search function.
  • Exploring support options.
  • Managing dashboards.
  • Creating and organizing projects.
  • Setting up boards.
  • Creating and assigning tasks.
  • Defining and naming versions.
  • Merging versions.
  • Working with alternative version models.
  • Configuring and maintaining version parameters.
  • Understanding issues in an agile context.
  • Editing and prioritizing issues in JIRA.
  • Designing epics and user stories.
  • Implementing epics and user stories in JIRA.
  • Defining sprint goals and tasks.
  • Measuring team velocity.
  • Using the agile board for task management.
  • Maintaining consistent sprint naming.
  • Completing and closing sprint tasks.
  • Understanding the difference between searching and finding.
  • Basic and advanced search types.
  • Applying JQL syntax.
  • Using JQL snippets efficiently.
  • Sharing search results.
  • Saving searches and using them on boards.
  • Overview of JIRA dashboards.
  • Setting up a new dashboard.
  • Choosing layouts and views.
  • Understanding widgets and their functions.
  • Using pre-installed widgets.
  • Adding and configuring widgets.
  • Repositioning and arranging widgets.
  • Deleting widgets and dashboards.
  • Activating the wallboard view.
  • Creating reports.
  • Setting up burndown charts.
  • Displaying burndown progress.
  • Selecting and comparing report types.
  • Conducting agile performance evaluations.
  • Identifying and analyzing errors.
  • Managing project planning.
  • Overview of control instruments.

Up to 100% funding for your continuing education

Attractive funding opportunities are available for numerous continuing education programs – depending on the funding program, up to 100% funding is possible.
The requirement is that you live or work in Germany. Our funding opportunities are not available outside of Germany.

Funding opportunities are available for career starters, job seekers, career changers, startups, experienced professionals, those seeking career advancement, and specialists.

Frequently asked questions

  • JIRA is a widely adopted tool for agile project management. It brings together planning, task tracking, and transparent workflows in a single tool – suitable for Scrum and Kanban teams alike.
  • The course covers the structure and use of JIRA – from boards and tickets to backlogs and epics, through to prioritization and first reporting.
  • The training is aimed at project teams, product owners, Scrum Masters, and beginners who want to combine agile methods with digital tools.
  • Well-structured tasks, clear processes, and close team coordination noticeably improve efficiency and clarity in agile projects.
  • The focus is on Scrum and Kanban – including the digital implementation of sprints, backlogs, and boards in JIRA.
  • Clear task assignment, visible status updates, and comment functions improve coordination and communication within agile teams.
  • Managing digital projects effectively requires reliable tools. JIRA combines planning, progress tracking, and reporting in a single platform.
  • JIRA skills are in high demand in IT, product development, and project management – with strong career prospects and broad entry opportunities.

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