New to Jira? Introduce yourself here!

[Richard D Kimble]

Hi, everyone!

I first used Jira back in 2019 when the company I worked for decided to adapt agile development. Someone at the company set up Jira, Confluence, Zephyr, etc.  Had some basic training on those tools (that means 1/2 day zoom meeting) and were turned loose. Worked on one project that was only executing test cases. the pandemic happened and haven't used jira until now. The company I now work for is going to use Jira.  I'm the most "experienced" Jira user on our little team. 

Going to be looking for how to set up Jira to shepherd a new product from scratch to production.  

[Sanjog Sigdel]

@Richard D Kimble Welcome to the Community.

[Aaron Geister]

Boozhoo gakina awiya ( Hello everybody in Ojibwe),

 I am not new to Jira but part of the kudos is to come in and introduce myself.

My name is Aaron Geister and I have a big problem. I love Jira and the Atlassian stack. I am a career Atlassian Admin. I love all products of Atlassian for each of their use cases and some for not typical use cases.

I am here in the community trying to help others. If you need anything like most of our awesome community we are here to support your journey of learning and community.

• When did you first time find out about Jira? On IT Help Desk.
• Where are you in the process of adopting Jira? Only considering it or already implemented and looking for some extension? Implemented it many many times.
• Which topics about Jira are you interested the most and what would you help you? EAP, and new Cloud features.
• Do you have any funny stories connected to Jira? I once deleted fields that were production fields before you could restore from trash. It was funny when I was a noob.

[Sanjog Sigdel]

@Aaron Geister Good to have you in the community. Welcome

[Stefan Salzl]

Hi @Aaron Geister 

welcome on bord ;)

[Linh Pham_Ricksoft_Inc]

Hi everyone 👋 

My name is Linh and I'm based out of Malaysia. I'm familiar with Jira as a collaborator, been using the tool for various project types (especially non-dev projects). I've recently transitioned to a technical team, which requires me to gain new skills in Jira administration. So I look forward to learning from you all!

[Sanjog Sigdel]

@Linh Pham_Ricksoft_Inc Welcome to Atlassian Community

[Aaron Geister]

Welcome @Linh Pham_Ricksoft_Inc 

[Stefan Salzl]

Hi @Linh Pham_Ricksoft_Inc -- welcome to the Atlassian Community,

don´t hesitate to post any question you have. We are all eager to help each other.

Hope you enjoy the community.

Best
Stefan

[Prem]

Hi all,

I am new to Jira. Happy to be a part of the group.

Thanks.

[Collista Lewingdon]

• When did you first time find out about Jira?
  • I actually learned about Jira when I volunteered to learn how to use it for project management while working on a support team for charter schools. We were using it to do our annual scheduling. That was in February of 2022.
• Where are you in the process of adopting Jira? Only considering it or already implemented and looking for some extension?
  • I am in the process of building up our departments use of the systems. It had been in use for over a year before I ended up in my job and I spent the first 6 months of a my job cleaning it up and now I am training people on how to use it and showing them how to use it better. 
• Which topics about Jira are you interested the most and what would you help you?
  • I really love showing people how to use a the work management projects. Before I started everyone was using software projects, even for things that had nothing to do with software! I also LOVE automations. I have since developed four annual recurring projects that generate from the typing of a single epic. 
• Do you have any funny stories connected to Jira?
  • The funniest story I have is related to how I landed where I am today. When I was working for the charter support team, I have only been there for four months, we began using Jira and my supervisor at the time asked someone to volunteer to learn all about it and show the team. It was the first thing I volunteered for, but I did and I started learning how to use it quickly but I found it to be lacking in some areas, so I started researching add-ons that would do what I wanted. I requested one and the response I received back was "Not Interested". I sent an email back justifying why I needed it, why my team needed it and more importantly why the add-on would be beneficial to the entire department of users. I was then asked to do a presentation for the head of the department of App and Data Services. And I did, from the hospital room where my son was undergoing chemotherapy. I got my add-on and the next morning had an email from the head of the department encouraging me to apply for the Atlassian Product Manager position that had just been created. I did, even though I didn't have the degree they asked for and had minimal experience with the product, something kept telling me to. I interviewed and got the position from the hospital, they didn't care that I was going to be 100% remote for the foreseeable future due to my sons cancer diagnosis, they wanted my passion and excitement for learning about the products and sharing my knowledge. So that one simple move of volunteering to learn a new program landed in me in one of the best career moves that I have ever made in my life. 

[Marc Koppelaar - Devoteam]

I started using Jira and Confluence around 2009, I don't remember the exact time. Since then I have been working with the toolset on consultancy basis and the last year as a full internal admin and agile specialist

[Raul Pelaez _TecnoFor - Marketplace Partner_]

Experienced Jira enthusiast since 2012, when I discovered it while searching for project management and task management tools for Linkcare Health Services. Currently, I have implemented Jira in large corporations and multinationals across Spain, elevating project efficiency.

Passionate about Jira, I excel in Scriptrunner, Jira, Kanban, Confluence, Integrations, and more. Sharing knowledge through writing articles on mraddon.blog, I'm eager to assist and explain any Jira-related queries.

Adding a touch of humor, "NO JIRA NO PARTY" is a phrase close to my heart, resonating with the team spirit that Jira brings to the office.

[Dan Tombs]

Hey team. I'm so glad to join the group properly.

I first found out about Jira about 8 years ago when I joined a platinum solution partner.

I have been working in very close proximity with Jira for the last 8 years. I keep learning every day but have luckily been able to learn the application in great detail.

I love automation and the integration between applications so any news along those topics will be incredibly interesting to me.

[GR]

I have never used Jira before, and this is my first experience. I want to learn about all the Jira features.

[TC Wang]

Hello! TC here. I'm a Tech Project Manager based in APAC. 

• The first time find out about Jira was when I was a Product Manager, mainly using it to create tickets for developers. 
• I am using Jira/Confluence to track project statuses on a daily basis.
• I've been exploring Jira automation to help dev teams work more efficiently.
• Only recently I found out that there're different Jira(s) (cloud and data center/server)

[Utkarsh Singh]

Hi Folks, I'm an Atlassian employee working closely with the Support and the product teams for more than 2 years. I'm an ACE-Atlassian Certified Expert and expertise mainly n Jira and Confluence.

I enjoy helping others and hence Atlassian community is going to be a wonderful place for me.  😃

[Dana A]

Good Morning, 

New to Jira and found out about it during a new integration project.  Then I became a project manager and fell in love with it. 

Needing examples of project layouts to see processes. 

My funny example using Jira is making it up as I go!

[Collista Lewingdon]

You and I have similar experiences with Jira. Including the making it up as we go. 

[LynnG]

Hi,

• I first learned about Jira in 2013.
• I feel new because our site admin has left and I want to take over but I need training to become knowledgeable
• I am determined to get as certified as possible. I feel that will give me confidence and force me to cover many topics.
• I found a Jira bug and reported it. Atlassian thanked me and sent me a free T-shirt.

I'm very motivated to learn everything you know.

[shankara vijayendran]

Hello All

I am from India I love working in jira and jira automation 
I am from mechanical field I learned jira within very few months and love to work in it

[Sam Thing]

Hi everyone!

• I got wind of Jira during my last job.
• I'm pondering over it since I'm still getting the hang of the Atlassian platform.
• I'm drawn to Jira topics for enterprises services and deployments. 

[Jasmine Li]

Hello all, 

I am not new to Jira but wasn't really using it the right way until this year. Have a lot to learn to do the right thing with this tool to truly make the team more effective and better managed. 

[Dam]

Hi, 

I'm Dam, an Atlassian Certified Expert, working on the Atlassian Stack since more than 14 years. CEO of Adadam, a small IT Company in South West of France (near Bordeaux), specialized in Atlassian apps development.

I'm also known as “Dam” has more than 15 years of experience in IT, starting as a Java developer and then evolving and learning Agile methodologies as a scrum master and product owner. He is now dedicated and totally “in love” with the Atlassian stack.

Finally you should have heard about me in one of the Atlassian keynote during the last Team 23 event... 😃 In which keynote is it? 😊

I'm here to help and share my experience on Jira... 

[Dave Wuensch _Decadis AG_]

I am using Jira and Confluence since more than 3 years now. First as Project Manager and now as Partner Manager. I love to see the status of each ticket and how work is going on.

[Dave Mathijs]

And I love your suits @Dave Wuensch _Decadis AG_ !

[Sue Wilson]

Hi~

I'm not necessarily new to JIRA as I've been using/administering it since 2007/2008.  BUT, every day I learn something new about its features & functionalities.

Having used JIRA Server most of my career, when switching to Cloud last year, it was like learning all over again.  Well, not completely.  There are definitely nuances between the two...limitations in Cloud, available/unavailable add-ons, etc.  The learning never ends.

Since each company I've worked with uses JIRA differently, I've learned quite a bit along the way.  Never had I ever used Automations or Jira Service Desk before my current company, so that has been the biggest learning curve most recently. 

I am most interested in automating processes.  Wherever I can add a workflow post function or an automation to 'skip' manual steps in the process, I'm all about it.  Problem is gaining buy-in from stakeholders.  No one seems to be interested in relieving manual steps.  I don't know if it's an 'old school' mentality, fear of losing control, or a combination of both, but I've had many conversations, butted heads many times, and lost some opportunities to 'do more' as a result.  BUT, when I do have the opportunity to move forward, it's a proven win-win for all!!

There are so many little funnies along the way....but how I got started still makes me chuckle the most!  I was sitting next to a coworker who was playing around in Confluence one day.  Being a new hire, I asked if they use JIRA & Confluence as their tools of choice.  Be careful what you ask!!!!  He asked if I had experience with the tools and I explained my end user experience at my last job.  A week later, I was building an entire Confluence site from scratch for the company.  A few months later, after their most recent attempt to implement an application for 'bug tracking' failed, I was tasked with finding a new one.  They chose JIRA of the handful of tools I presented to them.  I was given the task of setting up JIRA from out of the box to company-wide tool with a deadline of yesterday!  I read a lot of documentation, searched a lot of community notes, and thankfully, implemented their solution just a few months later.

And, the rest is history...or present, actually!  ;-)

[Benjamin]

Welcome @swilson !

[Ingo Wenke]

I've used Jira in multiple projects during my time as a consultant. Today I'm a Org-, Jira-, Confluence Admin and Business Process Consultant and implanted Jira Cloud (JSW, JWM, JSM) in our company for a couple of departments, internal and external customers. While I can't remember the year by when I started using my Jira journey, I guess it started apx. 2010.

While the first use of Jira was in Software development projects the "classic way", we use it now to manage our line of production as a wingman for our ERP. Automation is used heavily to integrate multiple projects in a loose architecture. 

And it's great to see that most business requirements can be solved within Jira.

Fun fact: While I was late introduced to a business project already discussed in detail the need of KPIs and which balanced scorecards could be used, I took a shortcut and closed this project by presenting the out-of-the-box charts of jira and added some dashboards.

[David Blank]

Hi, I'm Dave!

I first learned about Jira when I joined the CRM Team at my current employer. I loved how it kept everything I needed to do in one place... and I still do! Having adult ADD can be tough, and Jira doesn't solve everything, but it sure does make work easier!

I've been an Atlassian Administrator for about a year now and while we had adopted Jira, we hadn't really done anything with automation.... and right when I thought Jira couldn't get any better it did!

Currently, I'm most enjoying building automations for our teams. It started with just creating some subtasks when a task was created but we've gone much further since! 

I'd love to hear the automations others have built that they are most proud of. I see some really cool answers out there and it makes me wonder what amazing automations exist!

[Benjamin]

The first time I met Jira was last Nov. in my new company.

[Shinde_ Mukund]

Hello! I’m glad to be a part of the New to Jira group.  I’m fluent in many languages and can help you with a wide range of topics, from project management to software development. If you have any questions or need any assistance, feel free to ask me anytime.

I hope you’re all having a great day!

[Tim C]

Hello from GlobalLogic.

I'm not new to Jira ... just this group. Posting for kudos points.

I've been using Jira since 2010 and introduced into many different organizations - and now an Atlassian Consultant for GlobalLogic.

Tim Cavalier

Atlassian Certified Expert

GlobalLogic : Atlassian Platinum Solution Partner

https://www.globallogic.com/uk/services/offerings/atlassian/

[Jay]

• When did you first time find out about Jira?
  • Around 2016 I was using Trello before this.
• Where are you in the process of adopting Jira? Only considering it or already implemented and looking for some extension?
  • Fully adopted and implemented
• Which topics about Jira are you interested the most and what would you help you?
  • Nothing comes to mind, the community always seems to answer
• Do you have any funny stories connected to Jira?
  • Nope