Agile Series by Nishanth

introducing

Atlassian JIRA

ATLASSIAN PRODUCTS

JIRA Issue tracking tool

GREENHOPPER
Development Tool
Plugin to JIRA

GREENHOPPER

Plugin to JIRA
The issues in JIRA are displayed in
GreenHopper for better interaction

GREENHOPPER

Scrum
Kanban

Plan Mode
Work Mode
Report Mode

AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

USING JIRA AGILE

GREENHOPPER - SCRUM

Log in to JIRA.

Click the Agile link's down-arrow in the top navigation bar, then select your preferred board
from the resulting dropdown menu.

Your board will be displayed.

Click 'Plan'

GREENHOPPER SCRUM - Plan Mode

Prioritize the Backlog.

Estimate the stories

Create the sprints

Story points are available only for Epics and Stories

Estimations in terms of Hours also possible by configuring the board

Sub tasks can be created

The stories can be grouped under each sprint

The number of issues and the story points / hours are automatically displayed to make plan

easier

At one point of time only one sprint is active

GREENHOPPER SCRUM - Work Mode

Log in to JIRA.

Click the Agile link's down-arrow in the top navigation bar.

Select your preferred board from the resulting dropdown menu.

Your board will be displayed.

Click 'Work'

GREENHOPPER SCRUM - Report Mode

Log in to JIRA.

Click the Agile link's down-arrow in the top navigation bar.

Select your preferred board from the resulting dropdown menu.

Your board will be displayed.

Click Report'

GREENHOPPER KANBAN - Plan Mode

Log in to JIRA.Click the

Agile link's down-arrow in

the top navigation bar.

Select your preferred

board from the resulting

dropdown menu.

Your board will be

displayed.

Click 'Work'

GREENHOPPER CONFIGURING COLUMNS

In Work mode, a board displays vertical columns.

By default, each board contains three columns,
'To Do',
In Progress' and
'Done'.

We can

add,
delete,
rename or
move these columns

you can also choose which JIRA work flow status(es)

each column is mapped to, and
whether any constraints apply to each column.

Note that only the owner of a board (or a person with the 'JIRA Administrators' global permission) can configure a board's columns.

GREENHOPPER CONFIGURING COLUMNS

GREENHOPPER MAPPING COLUMNS TO JIRA STATUS

By default, a board's columns are mapped to the default JIRA statuses as shown in the
following table.
If your board's project is using the JIRA default workflow
Default Column

Default mapped JIRA Status

To Do

Open, Reopened

In Progress

In Progress

Done

Resolved, Closed

If your board's project is using the GreenHopper simplified workflow

Default Column

Default mapped JIRA Status

To Do

To Do

In Progress

In Progress

Done

Done

TO EDIT THE MAPPING OF JIRA WORK FLOW STATUSES COLUMN OF A BOARD

Click Agile > Manage Boards in the top navigation bar.

Click the Configure link corresponding to the board of interest.

Click the Columns tab.

To do the following

Do this

Map a status to a column

Drag a status from the 'Unmapped' column to the appropriate column

on the right.

Unmap a status from a column

Drag a status from its current column on the right to the 'Unmapped'
column on the left.

Change the column mappings of a

status

Drag a status from its original column to its relevant new column.

All statuses configured in the JIRA server are available from the board Configuration page.
However, some statuses (in particular, custom statuses) may not be available for issues on
your board if the JIRA workflow(s) used by these issues do not utilize those statuses.

ADDING A NEW STATUS

If your board is using GreenHopper Simplified Workflow

Click Agile > Manage Boards in the top navigation bar, then click the Configure link corresponding to
the board of interest.

Click the Columns tab.

Click the Add Status button at the right of the page.

Note: Add Status button is only available if you have the JIRA 'Project Administrator permission for this
board's project.

DELETING A STATUS

If your board is using GreenHopper Simplified Workflow

Click Agile > Manage Boards in the top navigation bar, then click the Configure link corresponding to
the board of interest.

Click the Columns tab.

Drag the status to the Unmapped Statuses column.

Click the delete icon (trash can) for the status you wish to remove.

Note that the you can delete a status only if you have the JIRA 'Project Administrator permission for this
board's project.

You can only delete a status if there are no issues that currently have that status.

If any other workflows are using this status then the status will be removed from your workflow, but not

deleted.

If your board is not using GreenHopper Simplified Workflow, you can only delete a status vis the JIRA
administration interface

SETTING COLUMN CONSTRAINTS

To set 'Maximum' and 'Minimum' constraints for a column of a board:

Click Agile > Manage Boards in the top navigation bar, then click the Configure link
corresponding to the board of interest.
Click the Columns tab.
Edit the constraints as described in the following table.
To do the following:

Do this:

Enable column constraints

In the 'Column Constraint' drop-down, select 'Issue Count'.

Remove a column's 'Max' constraint

Click the red box at the top of the column, delete the current value
and press the 'Enter' key.

Remove a column's 'Min' constraint

Click the yellow box at the top of the column, delete the current
value and press the 'Enter' key.

Remove constraints for all columns

In the 'Column Constraint' drop-down, select 'None'.

Set a column's 'Max' constraint

Click the red box at the top of the column, type the new value and
press the 'Enter' key.

Set a column's 'Min' constraint

Click the yellow box at the top of the column, type the new value and
press the 'Enter' key.

ADDING A NEW VERSION

The 'Add Version' form is located at the top of the 'Versions' screen

Enter the name for the version

The name can be:

simple numeric, e.g. "2.1",
complicated numeric, e.g. "2.1.3",
a word, such as the project's internal code-name, e.g.
"Memphis".

Optional details such as the version description and release date (i.e. the planned release date for a
version) can be also be specified.
Click the 'Add' button.
The version management list is updated immediately, with the newly created version added at the
top of the list
You can drag it to a different position if you wish, by hovering over the 'drag' icon at the left of the
version name

GREENHOPPER RELEASING A VERSION

Login to JIRA.

Click the Agile link's down-arrow in the top navigation bar, then select your preferred board
from the resulting dropdown menu.

Click Work.

Click the Release link at the top of the Done (rightmost) column.

Note: You will need to have the JIRA 'Project Administrator' permission
in the project(s) whose issues are to be included in the version.

GREENHOPPER RELEASING A VERSION

The 'Release' window will display

Complete the fields as follows:

Version name Enter a short name for your new version.

Release date (optional) Enter the date of release for your new version. This will
default to today's date.

Description (optional) Enter a longer description for your new version.

Click the Release button to save your new version and mark it as 'released' throughout
JIRA and GreenHopper.

GREENHOPPER MANAGING VERSIONS

Versions are points-in-time for a project

Versions helps us to schedule and organize the releases

Once Versions are created, the issues can be assigned to it.
Versions can be
Added Creating a new version against which issues can be aligned
Released Mark a version released
Rescheduled Rearranging the order of versions
Archived - hide an old version from the Road Map and Change Log reports,
and in the JIRA User Interface.
Merged combine multiple versions into one.

GREENHOPPER MANAGING PROJECTS VERSIONS

Log in to JIRA as a project administrator.
Select Administration > Projects
From the dropdown menu, select the name of
the project of interest
Otherwise, choose your project from the Projects
list or Project Categories.
Click the More link to display the Versions page
which shows a list of versions and each version's
status. From here you can manage the project's
versions.

VERSION STATUS

Each version can have any of the following four

statuses:
Released a bundled package
Unreleased an open package
Archived a semi-transparent package
Overdue the release date is highlighted

This status affects where the version appears in the

drop-down lists for version related issue-fields

RELEASING A VERSION

On the 'Versions' screen, hover over the relevant version to display the cog icon,
then select 'Release' from the drop-down menu.

If there are any issues set with this version as their 'Fix For' version, JIRA allows you
to choose to change the 'Fix For' version if you wish. Otherwise, the operation will
complete without modifying these issues.

RELEASING A VERSION

UNRELEASING A VERSION

To revert the release of a version, simply

select 'Unrelease' from the drop-down menu.

ARCHIVING A VERSION

On the 'Versions' screen , hover over the relevant version to display the cog icon, then select
'Archive' from the drop-down menu.
The version list indicates the version 'archived' status with a semi-transparent icon.
The list of available operations is replaced with the 'Unarchive' operation.
No further changes can be made to this version unless it is un-archived.
Also it is not possible to remove any existing archived versions from an issue's affected and
fix version fields or add any new archived versions.

UNARCHIVING A VERSION

To revert the archive of a version, simply select 'Unarchive' from the drop-down menu.

MERGING MULTIPLE VERSIONS

Merging multiple versions allows you to move the issues from one or more
versions to another version.
On the 'Versions' screen, click the 'Merge' link at the top right of the screen.
The 'Merge Versions' popup will be displayed. On this page are two select lists
both listing all un-archived versions. In the 'Merging From Versions' select list,
choose the version(s) whose issues you wish to move. Versions selected on this list
will be removed from the system. All issues associated with these versions will be
updated to reflect the new version selected in the 'Merge To Version' select list. It
is only possible to select one version to merge to.
Click the 'Merge' button. If you are shown a confirmation page, click 'Merge' again
to complete the operation.

EDITING A VERSIONS DETAIL

On the 'Versions' screen, click on the relevant version to display the edit options.

This will allow you to edit the version's Name, Description and Release Date.

Click the 'Update' button to save your changes.

DELETING A VERSION

On the 'Versions' screen, hover over the relevant version to display the cog icon,
then select 'Delete' from the drop-down menu.
This will bring you to the "Delete Version: <Version>" confirmation page. From
here, you can specify the actions to be taken for issues associated with the version
to be deleted. You can either associate these issues with another version, or simply
remove references to the version to be deleted.
Note: Archived releases cannot be deleted

RESCHEDULING A VERSION

Rescheduling a version changes its place in the order of versions.

On the 'Versions' screen, click the icon for the relevant version, and drag it to its
new position in the version order.

Exciting new transitions

Thanks!