In this chapter, we looked at some of the basics of JIRA Agile, what it is, and what it is not. JIRA Agile is an add-on that lets you visualize your issues in a different way, and by leveraging many of the core features of JIRA, it keeps the learning curve low, especially for seasoned JIRA users.

Now that we have laid out the basics of JIRA Agile, we will start to explore how we can use it to run agile projects, starting with the Scrum methodology in the next chapter.