Option 1 – BigPicture Express Launch Bundle (5 Days)

• System implementation
  • Training (2 days)
  • Collecting requirements
  • Environment configuration
    • Building templates (Box and Task templates)
    • Configuration of reports in Big Picture
  • Supplementary training for "Core users"
• Deliverables after implementation:
  • List of best practices
  • Training recording
• Regular open meetings for our Clients
• Certificate after training

Option 2 – BigPicture Excellence Implementation Bundle (12 Days)

• System implementation
  • Training (3 days)
  • Collecting requirements
  • Tool configuration
    • Building templates (Box and Task templates)
    • Configuration of reports in Big Picture + custom reports
    • Automation
  • Supplementary training for "Core users"
  • Training for "Basic users"
• Assistance 4 weeks after implementation
• Deliverables after implementation:
  • List of best practices
  • Training recording
• Regular open meetings for our Clients
• Training for the Top management
• Certificate after training
• Support in Migration and Integration

Option 3 – BigPicture Premium Bundle (26 Days)

• System implementation
  • Training (3 days)
  • Collecting requirements
  • Tool configuration
    • Building templates (Box and Task templates)
    • Configuration of reports in Big Picture + custom reports
    • Automation
  • Supplementary training for "Core users"
  • Training for "Basic users"
• Assistance 4 weeks after implementation
• Long-term support after implementation for the stabilization period of 3 months
• Deliverables after implementation:
  • Deployment configuration documentation
  • List of best practices
  • Training recording
• Individual consultations for selected PMs or Teams
• Regular open meetings for our Clients
• Training for the Top management
• Training for Project Managers
• Certificate after the training
• Support in Integration and Data Migration

Part 1 – JIRA Fundamentals

1. Using JIRA

• The JIRA workspace
• Mapping JIRA features to common agile & scrum practices
• Tickets in JIRA

1. Team roles and JIRA

• Review: Agile and Scrum basics
• Team members
• ScrumMasters & Product Owners
• JIRA features for supporting Agile teams

1. JIRA issues and Agile Projects

• What’s possible with JIRA
• Navigating JIRA
• Creating, editing and transitioning issues
• Types of issues
• JIRA’s standard hierarchy
• Stories, prioritizing & estimating
• Managing backlogs in JIRA

Hands-On Exercise: Using issues to track, link, and cross-reference agile projects

1. JIRA workflows

• Project roles & permissions
• Components
• Releases
• Projects to products
• Views of projects within JIRA

1. Search and Exploring Data

• Prioritizing & searching JIRA issues
• Views & options for meaningful results
• Using filters
• Using JIRA Query Language (JQL)
• Saved searches and re-use
• Using dashboards & subscriptions

Hands-On Exercise: Defining search criteria and using JQL, detail view, list view, filters & subscriptions

Part 2 – Applying JIRA to Enterprise Work

1. Managing agile & kanban boards in JIRA

• Aligning agile boards with team needs
• Scrum vs. Kanban boards
• Using Kanban boards
• Typical team member duties in JIRA
• Supporting sprint planning and resource assignments
• Managing your backlog efficiently with JIRA
• Epics, stories, and sub-tasks
• Releases and release reporting

1. Sprints in JIRA

• Starting a sprint
• Active sprints
• Quick filters for managing work
• Swimlanes
• Closing a sprint

Demo – Using Agile Boards for backlogs and sprints

During this in-depth demonstration, we will show you how to use JIRA for some of the most common agile project needs. This demo will cover:

1. Agile Board Navigation
2. Compare Scrum and Kanban boards
3. Using Backlog mode
4. Filtering the Backlog
5. Planning a Sprint
6. Starting a Sprint
7. Managing Work in an Active Sprint
8. Closing a Sprint

1. Analyzing reports in JIRA

• Built-in JIRA reports and their benefits
• Analyzing reports
• Using information in JIRA to make decisions

1. JIRA scrum boards and agile reports

• Burndown Charts
• Sprint Report
• Epic Burndown
• Release Burndown
• Velocity Charts
• Control Charts
• Cumulative Flow Diagram

1. JIRA Kanban Board reports

• Control Charts
• Cumulative Flow Diagrams
• Work in Progress (WiP) and JIRA

Part 3 – Scaling JIRA enablement

1. Using JIRA to enable Agile projects at scale

• Managing multiple projects in JIRA
• Cross-referencing and linking issues
• Portfolio and program support with JIRA
• Managing releases
• Reporting
• JIRA plugins

1. Building Dashboards in JIRA

• Creating, editing, and sharing dashboards
• Dashboard gadgets to present information
• Where do gadgets get their data?
• Configure dashboard gadgets with project data and/or filtered data
• Dashboard layouts
• Dashboard troubleshooting

1. Course conclusion: charting your path

• Discussion: Top three opportunities for improvement using JIRA
• Immediate next steps for your team
• Expert Q and A

Part 1: BigPicture Basics

• The building blocks of BigPicture
• Best practices for navigating the BigPicture UI
• Real-time synchronization between BigPicture and Jira
• Getting comfortable with Boxes

Part 2: Fundamentals of BigPicture Gantt

• Navigation
• Scope
• Column
• Views
• Populating the chart
• Task Templates
• Planning and Execution
• Dependencies and Scheduling Modes
• Milestones
• Critical Path and Baseline
• Aggregation on column views
• Filtering and Sharing
• Grouping

Part 3: Advanced Features of BigPicture Gantt

• Importing and cloning data
• Basic tasks
• Resources
• Infobar
• Scenarios
• Hierarchy builders

Part 4: Working with Teams

Part 5: Exploring the features of Teams and Resources

• Working with BigPicture's Teams
• Clear overview of a Resources workload
• Allocation constraints in Resources
• Optimizing and managing Resources
• Skill-based planning
• Workload and Holiday plans
• Five ways of changing capacity

Part 6: Portfolio overview and Objectives

• BigPicture Roadmap Fundamentals
• Objective-driven planning

Part 7: Risk Management, Calendar Planning, and Backlog Grooming

• Defining and managing risks
• Using the calendar mode
• Using the Scope module for backlog grooming

Part 8: Using Board 2.0 to scale Agile

• Agile approach with multi-team capabilities
  • Planning
  • Execution
  • Team Capacities
  • Board Reports
  • Dependencies

Part 9: Reports and Administration

• Security
• Budgeting
• Reports in BigPicture
• Gadgets
• Administration Features