Kickstart your journey with Jira in this practical “Getting Started with Jira” event! Designed for beginners, new Jira administrators, and team members, this session offers an in-depth look at Jira’s core features. Whether you’re just getting started or looking to familiarize yourself with Jira’s essentials, this event provides the foundation you need to manage projects and streamline collaboration effectively.

Throughout the session, you’ll gain a solid understanding of Jira’s fundamental elements, like issues, projects, and boards. You’ll also learn to navigate Jira’s various views, including the backlog and timeline, which give you an organized look at all outstanding and planned tasks. By mastering these tools, you’ll feel empowered to prioritize work, track progress, and keep your projects on course.

This session goes beyond the basics, offering tips and tricks for working efficiently in Jira. Discover advanced techniques like using shortcuts, tracking time on issues, and pinning commonly used fields, all designed to make your workflow smoother and faster. Join us to gain hands-on skills and a newfound confidence in using Jira to boost your team’s productivity and collaboration.

NOTE: The event will be practical kindly bring your laptop

Objectives: This hands-on session will introduce you to the essentials of Jira, with a focus on:

1. Understanding Basic Terms – Learn the core elements, including issues, projects, and boards, which are the building blocks of your Jira workspace.
2. Viewing and Organizing Issues – Discover how to navigate Jira’s backlog and timeline views for a streamlined look at outstanding and planned tasks, helping you stay on top of work.
3. Creating and Editing Issues – Get insights into the creation of different issue types, understanding when and how to assign, update, or move issues across projects.
4. Tips and Tricks for Efficiency – Learn valuable shortcuts, how to track time, pin fields, and other advanced tips to help you get the most out of Jira.

Target Audience:

• New Jira Users and Administrators – Perfect for those starting in Jira, looking to learn foundational tools and terms.
• Project Managers and Team Leads – For those responsible for organizing projects, managing issues, and streamlining workflows.
• Team Members – Anyone interested in understanding Jira basics to enhance their team collaboration.

Why Attend?

• Practical Skills – Actionable knowledge to create, track, and organize tasks efficiently.
• Enhanced Collaboration – Tools to improve communication, streamline workflows, and boost productivity.
• Confidence in Jira – Build the know-how to navigate Jira’s interface and use it effectively for your team.

We have over 5500 members and we meet regularly to encourage better use of Atlassian tools among current or prospective users. Our events typically offer several team talks, hands-on workshops, Hackathon, free food/drink, and networking opportunities with 75-200 attendees.

Like an attendee at one of our events, you can expect to:

• Share and learn Atlassian product knowledge, best practices, and case studies.
• Provide valuable user input to Atlassian so that they can keep making great products for us to use.
• Network and build a support system with fellow Atlassian product users.

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• SET THE STANDARD 2022
• SET THE STANDARD 2018
• MOST ACTIVE in EMEA 2017
• Global MASTER OF CONVERSION WINNER 2017

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