Starting out

matthew arnott

Hi

I'm starting out doing a project and thought it useful to try use a tool. Jira was suggested and while I'm sure there are many out there, I'd like to choose one and get familiar with it so Jira it is. 

I am using the free version for under 10 users. 

I'm trying to understand what I can actually do with it and this is not a'how long is a piece of string question'.

 

Seems I can create a few 'boards' or different parts of my project if thats the correct use of the boards. 

Then it seems I can create an issue which can be 

a bug 

a story

a task 

an epic 

I can then assign this to someone in the team (set up as part of the team).

 

However if for example I want to store meeting notes or draw some diagrams or whatever it is then it seems the only way to do this is to use one of these - like  the story for example and record my notes there. 

I appreciate that the story function is probably meant for something more like story cards or similar. 

Am I missing a whole lot in terms of the basic functionality - is there somewhere best to get a tutorial. 

Many thanks

Matt

 

 

Flavien Gache

Hello Matthew.

It depends what you want to do. If you want to manage a project, Jira Software could help you. It allows you to create agile projects (scrum or kanban) and assign issues.

If you want to store meeting notes, you may want to take a look to Confluence. You can use it as a database to store intel and manage your meeting notes for example.

You can find webinars to get started here for example.

If you have a few more questions i'd be happy to try and answer it