What is the best (and cost free) way to learn JIRA administration?

[sniadeks]

Greetings users and administrators!

What is the best (and cost free) way to learn JIRA administration?

Michal

[Alex Christensen · Accepted solution]

These are the sources I used:

• Atlassian JIRA Documentation – official documentation from Atlassian.
• Atlassian Self-paced Training
  • User training
  • Administrator training
• Unofficial JIRA administrator tutorial videos - I found this to be extremely helpful. There's some practical application seen here as opposed to just reading about how to use JIRA, which really helped me out. The videos are a bit long, so grab some lunch or a snack while you watch them!

Hope these help!

[sniadeks]

I will try ,Unofficial JIRA administrator tutorial videos'. Thanks!

[Katerina Kovriga _Stiltsoft_]

You can also check our Knowledge Hub - the so-called collection of useful links for learning Jira:

• Atlassian online courses
• How-to blog posts
• Up-to-date books from Amazon written by Atlassian experts and etc.

Try to set up your own test instance where you will be able to try out everything in practice safely.

[Stiltsoft support]

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P.S. Unfortunately, the Knowledge Hub mentioned above is not available anymore.

[David Simpson • AppFusions • v3]

Not free, but I'd recommend Patrick Li's book & video:

• SafariBooks: JIRA 6 Essentials Videos
• JIRA 6.x Administration Cookbook

Patrick has been writing books about administering JIRA since JIRA 4.

[sniadeks]

Hi @David Simpson • AppFusions • v3 looks good, and I think it is affordable for me. I will give it a try.

[Philipp Sendek]

I can agree that Patrick Li's book is a very helpful resource on learning JIRA including "under the hood" adjustments.

[Luca]

I just wanted to point out that many answers here point to Atlassian University. Unfortunately Atlassian has recently removed all free training (or at least made it hard to find) from their University so that's not an option anymore.

[Alex Christensen]

Yeah, this answer has definitely changed in the past year and a half. I know that they "archived" their user training from Atlassian University in a YouTube playlist - here's the link for that.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaD4FvsFdarSWUyuv6cto4gunIvVzDTGD

As for the administrator training, I haven't been able to find that anywhere.

[Michael Thompson]

In addition to the other resources, I highly recommend the Jira Strategy Admin Workbook, by @Rachel Wright .  I found this book to be instrumental in ramping up my knowledge of Jira, and it's still my go-to book for working in Jira. I managed to get my Jira Admin certification after just 2 years with this book!

[Jay Moczulski]

I also recommend the JIRA Strategy Admin Book. It is so easy to follow and the worksheets that go along with each of the learning modules within the book, are perfectly suitable for you to hit the ground running immediately. Whether you are implementing a fresh instance, upgrading to another version or just currently administering the tool, the included resources are invaluable and will save you so much time. It is totally worth the price! 

[Angelos M]

You may find helpful my Blog.

https://educationwithoutborders597714571.wordpress.com/

It includes

1. Custom search engine for Online course with tips for searching free courses
2. Huge list of on line resources
3. Gartner Technology trends resources
4. Collections of free courses

[Ravi Sagar _Sparxsys_]

Most of the information is easily available on the internet and on Atlassian official website but if you are looking for a single guide then books by experts can really be helpful and you would find everything in one place. It is difficult to find one book that suffice all your needs. The books referred above are by experts and I also recommend them.

I would like to mention that I wrote Mastering JIRA last year and it has information about customizing and administring JIRA.

https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-JIRA-Ravi-Sagar/dp/1784396516/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1466676379&sr=8-1&keywords=mastering+JIRA

I also make regular videos on Atlassian topics on my youtube channel: https://youtube.com/ravisagar1

• Atlassian tools: https://go.ravi.pro/Atlassian
• Structure for Jira: https://go.ravi.pro/StructureJira
• ScriptRunner for Jira: https://go.ravi.pro/ScriptRunnerJira
• JiraTips: https://go.ravi.pro/JiraTips

-Ravi

[Consulente Atlassian]

i bought

[Ravi Sagar _Sparxsys_]

Hi,

Thanks for the buy. How did you find the book? Any suggestions?

-Ravi

[NotTheRealStephenSifersNOPENOPENOPENOPE]

Check out some of the free webinars from Praecipio Consulting:

http://praecipio.com/pc/display/ae/Webinars

[sniadeks]

Thanks @Stephen Sifers Good source :)

[MattS]

I'll add my own Practical JIRA Administration, the O'Reilly book with chickens on it. Low cost for what you get

[Peter Bengov]

I think that you should start with Atlassian University.

Moreover, I would follow the questions being raised here in Atlassian Answers (you can watch tags like jira-administration, for example). So each new question that has this tag will send you an email. You can of course go over older questions too. Most of the day-2-day questions were already asked in the past, so you should find what you are looking for.

And of course, Atlassian has a good knowledge base - look at the middle column titled Administer JIRA.

[Sam Bartolome]

Free stuff produced by Atlassian can be found Free Tutorials and Skillbuilders.

Search for some videos in youtube, you know the wording.

You can also learn a lot from the companies who write add-ons, they have extensive documentation and videos posted online.

Last but not least ... play around with Jira, which you can also do for free with Cloud versions

I hope it helps

[Anatoly Spektor]

This is a self plug, but in case you learn better by watching and following along, I have a series of Learn Jira Youtube videos, from simple stuff to more complex. Of course it is on Youtube so it is FREE.

Here is the link to the Playlist in case you are interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaOw4xXAnUo&list=PLAucYnTm2adzZtkgw4-zRXN-1NNjmZWAu

The channel is called "Define Agile"

[Emma Rush _T_D_]

We are delivering free training in March-May, classes delivered every week. See https://www.thinkando.it/free-jira-training/

[Nilan (AC3)]

How do you sign up? It seems like you need to send your info?

[Emma Rush _T_D_]

There's a contact form on the page where you can send your details :) 

[Anatoly Spektor]

I will plug my own resources, as it matches your criteria (it is FREE and up to date)

I have Youtube videos that cover different parts of Jira, I am sure you will benefit from it. I myself worked with Jira for many years as a Developer, Manager, Scrum Master.

Here is one of the videos, on Jira UI:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaOw4xXAnUo