Advice for a solo developer

[Eric Pement]

What advice, recommendations, or best practices do you have for someone using JIRA as a sole developer? That is, a one-person "team", using JIRA to track features, bugs, and progress in PHP software development?

[Ignacio Pulgar · Accepted solution]

Have a look at these tips: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-discussions/What-would-be-your-advice-to-first-time-Jira-Software-admins/m-p/1037390#M6849

[Eric Pement]

Hi Ignacio. Thanks for responding, but I was looking for something more specific. I'm less interested in how to be a Jira admin.  My question had to do with being the sole person on a development team, in which I assign tasks to myself, track bugs, select features or enhancements to add, and so forth.

If you have further recommendations, I am open.

[Ignacio Pulgar]

These are my two cents:

• Use a scrum board. It counts with more builtin reports than a kanban board, which would let others track your progress.
• Describe issues as if a different person were responsible for resolving them.
• Use standard naming conventions for versions and sprint names. Sprint names should include the project key, if possible, in single project boards.
• Estimate issues. It will help you plan better.