Professional Documents
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Agenda!
1." Power of Workow! 2." Terminology! 3." Dive In!
" Concepts! " Default workow! " Build your own: where to start, examples!
PDF Guide!
My own cheat-sheet! I created #copy-and-paste$ text for emails! Do things in order, or else:!
Power of Workow!
My favorite feature!!
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Dive In!
Concepts!
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Push vs Pull!
" Push process!
" Hand-off! " Ownership!
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Open
Open
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Restricted!
Open
In progress
In progress
Resolved
Resolved
Reopened
Closed
Reopened
Closed
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Issue basics!
Issues always have a state!
" Open, Closed, Veried, Ordered! " #Status$ is for search & reporting!
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Terminology!
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Example: !
#Escalate Issue$ will automatically! " Assign to team lead! " Update the priority!
Closed
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Saved congurations!
" Write once, apply to many! " Allow more exibility! " Structure new projects on-the-y! " Granular control!
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Resolutions Matter!
ReOpen Resolution IssueField clears ips Resolution it ON! !
#Unresolved$ = eld has no value! OPEN issues are allowed to have Resolutions!
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Dive In!
Default Workow!
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Start Progress
Closed
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Only the assignee can execute this transition The Resolution field will be cleared
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Dive In!
Build your own!
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Where to Start?!
Modify the default
" Push process (ownership) " Software dev process " Using default permissions, roles " Built in notifications " Simple changes
K.I.S.S.
" Statuses: Waiting for Approval, Approved! " Resolution: Approved! " Field: Reason for Approval! " Screen: Approve screen! " Users: add group #Managers$! " Conditions: Approve (restricted to Managers)!
Reopened
Start Progress
Start Progress
In progress
Send for Approval
Approved
Close Issue
Reopen Issue
Closed
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Blog tracking!
Open
" Statuses!
Start Progress In progress Draft Complete Draft waiting for review Close as not published
" Draft waiting for review! " Publish date scheduled! " Published!
" Resolution: Published! " Issue Type: Blog Entry! " Field = Target Publish Date! " Field = Blog Category! " Condition: category owner!
Schedule Blog
Publish
Published
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Advanced!
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Workow Plugins!
Plugin
JIRA Suite Utilities
Cool Stuff
Compare number condition $<PO<$$ Mandatory field on transition Copy value from another field Participants field for notifications Time since last comment Previous status (request clarification) Comment required validator Set issue security based on user role Visualize while you build
JIRA Toolkit
Workflow Designer
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Super Advanced!
Workow Blackbelts!!
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Common Transitions!
" #Gotcha$ for new JIRA workow admins! " Add or change a step, modify transitions! " Confusing to keep track! " Allows more granular control! " Can edit in XML!
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Take-aways!
1." Keep it simple! 2." Visualize before you click! 3." Issues are dened by!
" " Resolution ! Status!
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Thank you!
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