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Jira Essentials | A complete Jira guide for beginners

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Overview

Making Jira your best friend

What you'll learn:
  • Confidently set up Jira projects for any type of work, from Agile product development to waterfall project planning
  • Set up filters, Scrum and Kanban boards, and dashboards for effective project tracking and reporting
  • Read and make sense out of various reports and graphs to monitor project progress and identify areas for improvement
  • Implement advanced filtering, workflows management, and project custom settings to streamline project planning and execution
  • Improve team productivity and performance by enhancing their Jira setup
  • Create and modify issues to efficiently manage project tasks and workflows
  • Integrate multiple tools, plugins, and add-ons to further enhance Jira's functionality
  • Understand project settings in Jira and project customization
  • Use epics, labels, components and fix versions to organize work
  • Learn tips and tricks to easily manipulate issues and organize product backlog
  • Troubleshoot the common problems

Join more than 65,000 companies who are using Jira to manage their projects, and take your Jira skills to the next level with this comprehensive course!

Whether you're already working in a company that uses Jira and want to improve your skills, or you're seeking to boost your resume with Jira expertise for a new career opportunity, this course is perfect for you.


By the end of this course, you'll be able to confidently set up Jira projects, create and modify issues, and set up filters, Scrum and Kanban boards, and dashboards. You'll also learn how to read and analyze various reports and graphs, as well as create your own reports. With a wealth of tips and tricks at your disposal, you'll become a confident Jira user and be able to improve your team's productivity and performance through an optimized Jira setup.

But that's not all - we'll also delve into more advanced topics, such as advanced filtering, workflows management, and project custom settings. With the majority of the lectures designed to be hands-on, you'll set up a brand new Jira instance together with the instructor and explore various settings, tools, and functionalities step-by-step while setting up a nicely organized backlog.


Jira is a popular project management software used across various industries that supports Agile product development, waterfall project planning, helpdesk operations, and portfolio management. However, many people find Jira counterintuitive, confusing, and complicated, leading to unproductive processes, cluttered backlogs, and frustrated teams.

But with this course, you'll have access to an enterprise Agile coach with over 8 years of experience in Jira, including supporting one of the largest Jira instances in the world as a superadmin. The instructor understands the common mistakes people make and the struggles they experience with Jira, and her goal is to make your interaction with Jira smooth, enjoyable, and fun.


In this course, you'll start with the basics to ensure you understand all the underlying principles and building blocks of Jira, and then gradually explore more advanced topics. You'll set up your own Jira, projects, boards, dashboards, and filters and practice your skills as you move forward. All the skills you learn can be immediately applied to your organization's Jira, and the instructor will provide tips to ensure you don't break anything.


Sign up today and make Jira your best friend! Plus, with updated and accurate English captions, you can enjoy the course no matter your language proficiency.

Taught by

Masha Ostroumova

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