What is Jira ?
Jira Software is a great tool for agile project and software development. Indeed, it suits all phases of the project, from the creation of the initial concept to the launch and supports Scrum and Kanban methods. You can plan, record, coordinate and monitor problems, distribute tasks, prioritize requirements and manage theirs solutions. We will see together most important features provided.
Hosting Options
Jira Software is available in two hosting options: cloud and self-managed (see the important note at the end of my article).
Cloud
With Jira Software Cloud, we host and set up your Jira Software site in the cloud for you. This is generally the best option for teams who want to get started quickly and easily, and for teams who don’t want to manage the technical complexity of hosting themselves.
Data Center
With Jira Software Data Center, you can host Jira Software on your own hardware or with IaaS vendors like AWS and Azure. This is generally the best option for enterprise teams who need uninterrupted access to Jira Software and performance at scale.
Key Features
Workflows
Jira allows you to customize workflows, choosing terms to fit your existing processes so you don’t have to bend over backward to make your way of doing things work :
Boards
JIRA supports Scrum and Kanban boards. These boards provide an immediate snapshot of the project to the team. Helps to quickly review the progress of the project and see the status of the individual tasks.
Follow up on issues
In Jira, all tasks, bug fixes, ideas, stories, requirements and requests are referred to as issues. You can define issue types to match your internal processes. Keyboard shortcuts for every issue-related action means minimal menu clicking.
Documentation
In your Confluence wiki, you can search for documentation and embed it in your dashboard for customized content, create new issues while within the wiki, and connect data for streamlined reporting.
Plugins
There are thousands of add-ons that extend Jira’s capabilities, including resource management, time tracking software, test management, and Microsoft Project integration.
Reports
JIRA supports more than a dozen reports to track progress over a specific timeframe, deadlines, individual’s contribution, etc.
Multilingual and Mobile App
JIRA supports more than 10 languages those are widely used as English (US, UK, India), French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Japanese and Russian. JIRA is available as a Mobile Application as well. It is available on Google Play Store and App Store (iTunes) of Apple.
/!\ Important /!\
Jira has recently announced that the company will end the sale and support for all of its server products on 2 February 2024, as it continues to invest heavily in the cloud. You can have more information here.
Sources
tutorialspoint.com
atlassian.com
www.myndbend.com
