Overview Agile Methodology and Agile Tools
Terms: Agile Development, Agile Methodology,
Features of Agile Methodology:
- Rapid and flexible response to change
Waterfall Model
- Requirements Analysis
- Software Design
- Implementation
- Verification
- Maintenance
Weaknesses of Waterfall Model:
- Inflexible to changes: once a phase is completed, it is difficult to go back and make changes.
- Late testing: testing is done only after implementation, which can lead to discovering significant issues late in the process.
- Poor adaptability: not suitable for projects with evolving requirements.
Agile Methodologies
- Plan
- Design
- Develop
- Test
- Deploy
- Review
- Launch
Jira: Agile Project Management Tool
What is Jira?
An agile project management tool used for tracking issues and managing projects.
- Automate workflow
- The solution that provides concepts and solution to the entire team.
JIRA is a suite of project management tools by Atlassian.
What Jira can do?
How Jira works?
Sub tasks
Customize Issues
Manage Activities
Set Due Date
Remaninder
Task Recycling
Components of Jira
Jira Components: Track information across different projects.
Epic: large body of work that can be broken down into smaller tasks (stories, bugs, tasks).
Uses of Components in Jira
Jira Concepts
Proejct:
- Collection of issues.
- Coordinate and improve the development of a product.
- Can be processed and configured according to the needs.
Issue: tasks,
Workflow:
- Build-in workflows to track the lifecycle of an issue.
- It tracks a set of status and transformation that an issue moves throughout the process.
Features of Jira Software
Dashboard: users can have more than one dashboard to show dynamic information, presented in text or graphics.
- Team can use a shared dashboard to track the progress.
Workflow: it defines the cycle of an issue
- Open, In Progress, Resolved, Closed
- Resolved, Re-opened, Closed
Transparency: everyone can see the progress of the project.
Time Tracking: monitoring estimated time spent on an activity, it will allow more effective management of free sources.
Roadmaps: a clear version of the product, used to find what needs to be done and when problems are expected to be fixed.
Resources
- What Is Jira? | Jira Tool | Jira Training | Jira Tutorial For Beginners | Simplilearn
- SCRUM Study - Agile Tools