Keep your enterprise agile with roadmapping that updates tracking and forecasts in real-time from a single source of truth. The future of planning is here with Portfolio for Jira Server.
FULL DAY COURSE
This course applies to Server/Data Center customers only (not Cloud).
Course description
Agile roadmapping for the enterprise with Portfolio for Jira; create reliable forecasts and keep track of current work across realistic schedules in an ever-changing environment, maintaining one source of truth. In this course you gain a broad overview of the Portfolio for Jira features and learn how to use the improved interface to create a plan that reflects reality. Get hands-on experience in the labs with making adjustments to scope, teams, and releases. You'll also learn how to improve your long-term planning effectiveness by safely test what-if scenarios.
Audience
Anyone responsible for setting up a Jira Software project which includes:
- Program managers
- Project managers
- Product owners
- Product managers
- Development team managers using Jira Software
Prerequisites
- Getting More from Jira Software or equivalent experience with Jira Software
- Experience with Agile Development
High-Level Topics
- Overview of Portfolio
- High-level planning with Portfolio - manipulating the iron triangle to achieve results
- Configuring Jira Software to support Portfolio hierarchies
- Creating a Plan
- Understanding and using the Portfolio schedule view
- Changing and managing scope
- Using dependencies
- Changing and managing releases
- Changing and managing teams
- Creating and using colors
- Getting the information you need with Portfolio views
Objectives
After this course, you will be able to:
- Configure Jira for effective Portfolio support
- Create a plan that includes all of the initiatives and resources required to meet business goals
- Use the Scope tab to manipulate and manage issues and dependencies
- Use the Teams tab to manage human resources and their allocation to tasks
- Use the Release tab to manage release schedules
- Use colors to track how the teams are staying focused on key initiatives
- Use what-if scenarios to experiment with adjustments to improve plan performance
- Use views to show stakeholders plan progress and scenarios under consideration
- Use the program level views to monitor multiple plans