Estimating work is hard as it is. Using dates over story points as a deciding factor can add even more complications as they rarely account for the work you need to do outside of actual work, like emails, meetings, and additional research. Dates are also harder to measure in terms of velocity making it harder … Continue reading Everything You Need To Know About Story Points In Jira
Category: Agile
How To Refine Your Jira Backlog As A Product Owner?
The product owner plays an important role in Agile development since he is responsible for expressing stakeholders' interests and guaranteeing the product meets the needs of the stakeholders. In this context, Jira is a Product owner’s best friend when it comes to managing tasks and establishing a viable Jira roadmap for a smooth project. Read … Continue reading How To Refine Your Jira Backlog As A Product Owner?
Create and Manage Jira Sprints Like a Pro
Jira is one of the most flexible and customizable Project Management tools on the market. It’s also built from the ground up with Agile in mind making it one of the best solutions for managing Sprints in Scrum. What is Scrum and how does it fit into Atlassian Jira? Scrum is a lightweight Project management … Continue reading Create and Manage Jira Sprints Like a Pro
How To Use Epics In Jira
Effective project management is essential in software development. Jira's Epics provide a powerful solution for managing complex software projects, and understanding how to use them can make all the difference. In this article, we'll dive deep into the technical aspects of utilizing Epics in the Jira workflow, exploring the advanced features and Jira best practices … Continue reading How To Use Epics In Jira
Write Kick-Ass User Stories
This article is dedicated to writing kick-ass User Stories. I’ll focus on answering the following questions: What is a User Story and how can you write one? How to work with User Stories in Jira? What are story points and how are they used to estimate the complexity of a Story? How User Stories differ … Continue reading Write Kick-Ass User Stories
How to Manage the Definition of Done in Jira
In every Scrum team, the Definition of Done and Acceptance Criteria (AC) checklists can be compared to a contract between the Product Owner and the dev team. They determine what the PO wants and what the team puts on the product roadmap in Jira and then delivers. According to Scrum Guide, a DoD is defined … Continue reading How to Manage the Definition of Done in Jira
How to Make your Sprint Planning Really Agile
You know the drill – build a product roadmap in Jira, create your product backlog, review it, update the user stories, come up with a sprint goal before the meeting, and finally, review every story in the meeting to decide which ones have to be done. Easier said than done, eh? Yes, well-planned sprints are … Continue reading How to Make your Sprint Planning Really Agile
Jira Epic, Story or Task: What to Use and When
Let’s talk about Epics, Stories, and Tasks for a minute. Yes, those in Jira. When working in Jira, you will come across various names, such as Epic, Story, or a Task. In this article, we will explain the difference between each and will provide you with examples of how to use them according to Jira … Continue reading Jira Epic, Story or Task: What to Use and When
How to Manage Acceptance Criteria in Jira
The success of a project depends on communication between the dev team and the customer or the stakeholder. The team needs to know how the product or feature is expected to work – this is specifically what the Acceptance Criteria in User Stories in Jira explains. The more detailed description the customer is able to … Continue reading How to Manage Acceptance Criteria in Jira