New to Jira? Introduce yourself here!

[Summer Hogan]

Hi everyone, 

I first time I heard about Jira was in 2010 and I started using Jira in 2013 at McKesson. I now work at CSAA Insurance Group (AAA Insurance) and we have Jira fully implemented into our environment and I use it daily. I have been in this community for a while, but just found this group! 

[Connor]

Hello, happy to join this group

• When did you first time find out about Jira?
  • When my company began using it in 2017.
• Where are you in the process of adopting Jira? Only considering it or already implemented and looking for some extension?
  • Already implemented but looking to improve the implementation.
• Which topics about Jira are you interested the most and what would you help you?
  • Automation.

[Obert Randi]

Hi everyone.  I am new to Jira and excited to be here.  I started using Jira about 3 weeks ago. So I look forward to learn more from the expertise in the community and improve my ability to use the tool in my Business Analyst career. Thank you!

[Mayur Jadhav]

Hi @Obert Randi ,

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

[Craig Nodwell]

I did not prepare a speech, can I have my candy anyway.
I'm not new to Jira and here for Kudo points.
I've been deeply engaged with Jira since 2005.
I hope I can lend assistance.

[Andy Gladstone]

Honesty is always the best policy. Extra kudos for that!

[Virginia Hagerty]

*tosses Hershey's Kisses to Craig*

[Craig Nodwell]

lol

[Heather Strickler]

Hello all,

I had heard about Jira, off and on, for a while.  Basically every time I took a run at project management.  I tried it out about the time Atlassian bought Trello as Trello was (and still is) an imperfect fit for what I still need. 

I had walked away from it as also not suitable at the time, but am comming back now because nothing else seems to be, either, and Jira seems to be adaptable enough to be worth another shot. Though I am in an odd business for it.  (Writing and publishing, with some digital art, music, and other creative endeavors in the works but not ready yet.) 

I am mostly looking at Jira for two major aspects: 
1) workflow management of the publishing and production side of things. 
2) Intellectual property management.  Specifically what I have licensed out where (such as if I get a short story accepted to a magazine, at what time can I put it in a collection and publish it on my own?) and what's do for maintenance (Cover checks etc.) 

I am currently using Air Table for my database, and am hoping to be able to use the data back and forth between software (I'm investigating some of the plugins for that on both platforms.)  Honestly, I'm not sure Jira's the right place for this, but I haven't been able to find anything else that's more suited to it so I hope I can make it work here.

[Darryl Lee]

Welcome to the community @Heather Strickler !

[Summer Hogan]

Welcome @Heather Strickler

[Summer Hogan]

Welcome @Heather Strickler !

[Mohamed Fouad]

Hi All

I heard about Jira  early 2022, when I was looking for project management tool to use in our business (Complementary Medicine).

I presented to our management team and they were happy with the features the tool is giving, we are looking to deploy as R&D team.

I am interested in Project milestones dependencies, critical path, gantt chart, and impact of delay on overall project.

[Mayur Jadhav]

Hi @Mohamed Fouad ,

Welcome!!!

[Darryl Lee]

Welcome to the Community @Mohamed Fouad !

[Mohamed Fouad]

Thanks @Mayur Jadhav & @Darryl Lee for the welcoming and thanks @Hana Kučerová for the post.

I have question linked to synchronization between Biggantt & Jira.

"why the start and end date aren't synchronized between Jira Software and Big Gantt?

If I change a date of task in Gantt, it doesn't reflect in Jira."

Have I to change some configurations?

thank u

[Alexa Markoff]

Hi!  I am the Development Director at Illinois Legal Aid Online in Chicago. Most of my colleagues have used Tempo for their time sheets, but some of us on the Admin team just started using it this month. I am only using it as a time sheet for now bc I have my own project management system. So far I like it and I have it on my google calendar so I remember to log my time every day. 

[Walter Buggenhout]

Welcome to the Community, @Alexa Markoff! 

[Okan Erdogan]

My first introduction to Jira was about 4 years ago when I was working with a team on several sales and marketing projects. Now, I am a Jira admin and a product owner working with a nonprofit. My team has started utilizing Jira to implement Salesforce products and develop various solutions. Jira and Confluence are giving us all the tools to manage our projects for now.

[Johanna Pichotka_APTIS_]

Hi everyone, 

I am happy to be here. Even though I'm really not new to Jira I'm still learning something more about it nearly everyday. 

When did you first find out about Jira?

I first found out about Jira in December 2020. 

Where are you in the process of adopting Jira? 

As we are a Marketplace Partner we have Jira in full used, so much configured, so many add-ons installed and are using for everything. (And I mean EVERYTHING but it's really awesome!) 

Which topics about Jira are you interested the most and what would help you? 

I'm really interested to see how other people use Jira and how they work with it. And as someone new to project management I'm really interested how Jira transformed that for other people. Something I lately find really interesting is how Jira helps large organisations manage their work. And I'm really curious to learn more about how Jira works at a huge scale. 

Do you have any funny stories connected to Jira? 

Not that I can think of right now. If I can think of something or something funny happens to me, I'm definitely sharing it with the community. 

[Heather Ronnebeck]

Hello!

Let's get this show on the road, eh?

• When did you first time find out about Jira?
  • Back in the fall of 2015 
• Where are you in the process of adopting Jira? Only considering it or already implemented and looking for some extension?
  • An avid user of the product in all sorts of environments. Some cloud, some DC, some Server. 
  • In the process of really trying to abuse use it in new ways for my teams
• Which topics about Jira are you interested the most and what would you help you?
  • All the different use cases that people use Jira for, and tips and tricks.
• Do you have any funny stories connected to Jira?
  • I wish I did have some good stories to share about Jira right now. Good stories that I can share anyways.

[Ramakrishna _RK_]

Hi All,

Myself working as Jira Admin for more than 5years and actively answering in Community. Happy to join this group!

[Virginia Hagerty]

Hi!  Brand new to Jira.  Another department started using it about 5 years ago but I didnt have much use for it then.  Now I'm supposed to be setting up our IT Help Desk to use it and not having an easy time of it.  Really struggling on figuring out where everything is and how to set it up.  This is kicking my butt and I'm one that is known for picking up on this type of stuff quickly but I feel like I'm in quick sand with no Tarzan around to help me get out!!!    Most of the video's seem to be on project management but I need more task management help.  Help with learning how to add my own tables for things like building/room numbers.  Everything seems to focus on software development and deployment and I need more end user hardware/software failure, installation of hard/software, account provisioning, type setup!  

If I'm spinning my wheels trying to set this up please let me know that as well too!

Virginia

[Benjamin]

Welcome to the community @Virginia Hagerty ! You are starting to setup up your service desk. Make sure you have Jira Service Management. It is built on top of Jira Software and is focus on the service side like IT, Helpdesk, HR, Facilities, etc. It comes already with templates to help you get started.

-Ben

[Virginia Hagerty]

We have Jira Software, Jira Service Management and Jira Work Management.  So far my only project is under Service Management.

[Promy De Valeur Idzala]

Hi, 

I'm a freelance translator. The first time I heard about Jira was three days ago, because I have got a client who request my services but want the job to be done using Jira.

The project starts within a week. That's why I'm here to learn about the basics, and possibly adopt the platform. 

[Benjamin]

Welcome to the community!

[Promy De Valeur Idzala]

Thank you 

[folorunsho1]

Hi everyone,

So I've been hearing about Jira for a long while and I decided to jump on it a few months ago and try it for a personal project and I'm loving it thus far. It's very easy to use and very newbie-friendly. There's always a hint here and there to guide you along the way.

[Sakina]

Hello everyone,

I heard about Jira 4 years back and using jira cloud since 3.5 years now and now I m in Love with Jira. i enjoy creating automation and workflows to ease our process

[Benjamin]

Welcome to the community!

[Valerie Knapp]

Hello all, I'm Valerie!

• When did you first time find out about Jira? When I worked at Bath Spa University in 2015.
• Where are you in the process of adopting Jira? Only considering it or already implemented and looking for some extension? I have used Jira both self-hosted and Cloud for a while now. I joined this group mostly to see if I could help anyone else.
• Which topics about Jira are you interested the most and what would you help you? Migrations, add-ons, workflow personalizations
• Do you have any funny stories connected to Jira? Lol, probably wasn't funny in the moment...

[John Funk]

Hello and Welcome, Valerie!!

[Summer Hogan]

Welcome to the community Valerie! 

[Jessica Thomas]

I recently accepted a new position as IT manager where there was no ITSM or ITAM in place. I am in the midst of implementing Jira Service Management for my organization and am excited to roll it out. I am looking forward to improving our current IT practices!

[John Funk]

Hello and Welcome, Jessica!

[Summer Hogan]

Welcome @Jessica Thomas 

[Arya Singh]

Hi there, 

• When did you first time find out about Jira?
  >>Late to the party, first found it around 2018
• Where are you in the process of adopting Jira? Only considering it or already implemented and looking for some extension?
  >>Organizationally fully adopted Jira, personally still in process of mastery
• Which topics about Jira are you interested the most and what would you help you?
  >>Ease of use and Flexibility. Migration Process Improvements.

Looking forward to be a part of the community. Thank you!

[John Funk]

Hello and Welcome, Arya!

[Summer Hogan]

Welcome to the community @Arya Singh!

[vikram]

Hi Everyone, and Atlassian's

I am from India, working for one of the Health and Pharma Organization as DevOps Technical Support and Architect for Atlassian tools-- Jira-DC, Bitbucet-DC, Confluence-DC, Jira SaaS joined recently to the community to help,  and learn more of Atlassian Products. 

Vikram P 

[Summer Hogan]

Welcome @vikram to the community! 

[vikram]

Thank you very much @Summer Hogan 

[Laura Tolsma]

I'm fairly new to Jira, I'm coming from a law background and looked into Jira and Confluence to upskill myself for a new field.  I really like how integrated it is with Confluence and how it works smoothly from what I've learned so far.  

[Steven Mustari]

You'll love it, it can help organize pretty much anything. Sky is the limit with this software suite Welcome! 

[Justinecodez]

Hi Everyone, I am new here and I have used Jira effectively only for the past 1.5 year, I must say I am loving it every day 

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[Steven Mustari]

Welcome to the community! Great place to learn, great people, and great software! Enjoy your stay :)

[Paul Wiggers]

Hello All,

• When did you first time find out about Jira?
  I knew about Jira before using it. I am mostly managing JSM but I am currently working on integrating that with Jira while at the same time, restructuring our Jira projects.
  
  
• Where are you in the process of adopting Jira? Only considering it or already implemented and looking for some extension?
  Our developers are currently working in Jira. Most of them in Team managed projects and we are now moving to a single Company managed project with JSM integration, better workflows and, hopefully, automated release notes.
  
• Which topics about Jira are you interested the most and what would you help you?
  Setting up a proper pipeline, making sure issues are properly described and managing permission. On the human side, how to deal with power hungry people that are reluctant to let go of their previous permissions.
  
• Do you have any funny stories connected to Jira?
  Not yet!

[John Funk]

Welcome, Paul! And while you are at it - come give a follow in the New to Jira Work Management group. 

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/New-to-Jira-Work-Management/gh-p/newtojwm?

[Mayur Jadhav]

Welcome @Paul Wiggers !!

[ons1sn]

Hi there, I am new to Jira and I believe in this use-case, we are using it to test and publish newsletter? The learning curve seems a little steep, and I would welcome any tips if any. 

#LostButNotLost

[Jess Sherman]

The new Kudos rewards said to also introduce myself here, so hello!

I first heard of Jira about a month ago, so I'm still very new! My company has been using Jira a lot, but my team didn't adopt it until recently. We are using it for tracking progress through our workflow, finding hold ups and keeping members accountable. I figured out automation of the Kanban board pretty quickly, but now to upgrade and revise to make the process even better.

[Monique vdB]

welcome @Jess Sherman!! So happy to have you :D 

[John Funk]

Hello and Welcome, Jess!

We are glad you are here!!

[Zulfiqar Bin Zafar]

Hello Everyone!

Hope everyone doing well!

I started using Jira in 2021 and get interacted with confluence in 2022 and after that I get fascinated about the Atlassian product and always keen interested in learning new things about Atlassian product.

Thanks & Regards,

Zulfiqar