1. Agile & Jira Foundations

• Agile concepts: Agile as a mindset, iterative planning, continuous improvement, and team empowerment.
• Jira basics: Explanation of projects, work items, boards, and key user roles (administrators, project admins, and team members).
• Key takeaway: Jira is a flexible tool that aligns with agile principles to help teams visualize, plan, and track work effectively.

2. Visualizing and Managing Work

• Boards and workflows: Boards represent the workflow, with columns tied to statuses (e.g., To Do, In Progress, Done).
• Work item movement: Changing columns updates a work item’s status, keeping progress transparent.
• Reports and dashboards: Dashboards and reports are introduced for visibility into progress and bottlenecks.

3. Enriching Work Items

• Adding detail: Use labels, attachments, time logging, estimates, and comments to provide context.
• Work types: Stories, tasks, bugs, epics, and subtasks, including hierarchy and when to use each.
• Developer integration: Linking commits, branches, and builds to work items for better traceability.

4. Kanban Method

• Flow and WIP limits: Limiting work in progress improves focus and identifies bottlenecks.
• Pull vs. push: Pull systems empower teams to choose work as capacity allows.
• Continuous prioritization: Kanban supports steady delivery and incremental improvement.

5. Scrum Method

• Artifacts: Product backlog, sprint backlog, and increments for managing scope and progress.
• Sprints and velocity: Time-boxed work, story point estimation, and using velocity for planning.
• Roles and events: Responsibilities of product owners, scrum masters, and teams; ceremonies like sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives.

6. Searching and Filtering

• Quick and basic search: Searching by keywords or fields to locate work items quickly.
• Filters and quick filters: Saved searches to personalize views or refine boards and reports.
• Bulk actions: Performing changes on multiple items simultaneously for efficiency.

7. Working with Epics

• Organizing work: Grouping related work items under a higher-level epic.
• Tracking progress: Epic panels, swimlanes, and reporting help visualize epic completion.
• Managing relationships: Using the “Parent” field to link related items.

8. Dashboards and Reporting

• Custom dashboards: Configurable views for projects, teams, or individuals.
• Gadgets: Adding charts, lists, and other components to track KPIs.
• Sharing dashboards: Personal vs. shared dashboards to support collaboration.

9. Lean and Agile Principles

• Toyota Production System: Roots of lean thinking, kanban, and continuous improvement.
• Lean principles: Limiting WIP, mapping value streams, eliminating waste, and building quality in.
• Agile Manifesto alignment: Empowering teams, embracing change, delivering incrementally, and maintaining sustainable pace.
• Combined mindset: Lean provides the foundation; agile builds on it to handle complexity and rapid change.

10. Capstone & Integration

• Hands-on exercises: Practice applying principles by configuring projects and workflows.
• Jira family overview: Brief orientation on Jira Software, Jira Service Management, and Product Discovery.
• Key outcome: Confidence to adapt Jira setups to unique team processes while maintaining agile and lean alignment.