In the previous chapter, we learned about what JIRA is, how to get started with it, and how to create a project in JIRA. In this chapter, we're going to learn about managing all of the work items that we have.
In this chapter, we'll be learning about epics, stories, bugs, and tasks; what each of these things are; and how we will use and create them in an agile project. Then, we're going to learn about issue type attributes. We're going to talk about adding and removing them, and making them fit the type of work that we're doing in JIRA. Then, we're going to learn about managing the items in our backlog, before learning about our board (those of us that do scrum are going to feel very comfortable with the board) and how to configure it.
In this chapter, we will learn about the following topics:
- Introducing epics, stories, bugs...