Welcome & Orientation

• Introduction and rapport building
• Course structure and learning outcomes
• Onboarding to learning platform

Project Management Overview

• What is Project Management?

• Traditional vs Agile methodologies

• Real-world project lifecycle overview

Agile Fundamentals

• Agile Manifesto & 12 Principles

• Agile vs Waterfall: Key differences

• Common Agile frameworks: Scrum, Kanban, SAFe

Live Exercise: Identify Agile practices in familiar products

Assignment: Agile values reflection quiz

Scrum Introduction

• Scrum roles: Product Owner, Scrum Master, Developers

• Scrum Events: Sprint, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective

• Scrum Artifacts: Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment

Key Concepts

• Definition of Done (DoD)
• Definition of Ready (DoR)
• User Stories and Acceptance Criteria

Class Activity:

Map a real-world project to Scrum roles/events/artifacts

What is Jira?

• Overview of Jira as a project management tool

• Jira Software vs Jira Work Management vs Jira Service Management

Environment Setup

• Creating a free Jira Cloud account
• Overview of Jira dashboard, menus, and navigation

Project Setup

• Creating a new project (Scrum/Kanban)

• Understanding Jira project templates

Hands-On Lab: 

Create a sample Scrum project in Jira

Product Backlog Creation

• Writing effective user stories using INVEST principle
• Epic vs Story vs Task vs Bug

Backlog Management in Jira

• Creating and organizing epics and stories

• Adding priority, estimation (story points), and acceptance criteria

Live Demo: Build product backlog in Jira

Class Activity:

Convert requirements into Jira stories

Sprint Planning Process

• Selecting backlog items for the sprint
• Capacity planning and story point estimation
• Planning Poker for estimation

Starting a Sprint in Jira

• Assigning tasks to team members
• Using subtasks and linking issues

Live Lab: Run a mock sprint planning session

Class Activity:

Estimate a backlog using story points

Daily Scrum / Standups

• Structure of a 15-minute daily
• Common pitfalls and anti-patterns

Jira Task Board

• Understanding Jira swimlanes and columns
• Updating issue statuses
• Using filters and quick actions

Live Demo: Manage tasks in Jira during a sprint

Sprint Review

• Showcasing work done
• Stakeholder feedback

Sprint Retrospective

• What went well / What didn’t / Improvements
• Tools for effective retros: Start-Stop-Continue, 4Ls

Conducting Reviews in Jira

• Capturing feedback as tickets

• Linking to sprints and documenting decisions

Lab work: Conduct a simulated sprint review & retro

Key Agile Metrics

• Burndown chart, Velocity chart, Cumulative Flow diagram
• Measuring team performance and throughput

Jira Reports

• Accessing and interpreting Jira’s built-in Scrum reports

Live Lab: Generate sprint reports for decision-making, Analyze metrics from a sample Jira project

Issue Workflows in Jira

• What is a workflow?

• Creating custom workflows for projects

• Transition rules, conditions, validators, post-functions

Customizing Jira Fields

• Custom fields, screens, schemes
• Automations in Jira (basic rules)

Live Exercise: Design a workflow for a real-world use case

Creating Agile Roadmaps

• Themes, epics, initiatives, and timelines

• Release planning vs Sprint planning

Advanced Boards

• Epic panels, backlog grooming

Hands-on with Jira Roadmaps

• Create a roadmap and assign timelines

Lab Work: Build roadmap and release schedule for a sample product

Facilitating Scrum Events

• Tips for leading standups, planning, reviews, retros

Tips for leading standups, planning, reviews, retros

• Scrum Master as a coach and servant-leader

• Handling blockers and dependencies

Scrum Session: Run a complete agile cycle as Scrum Master

Jira Integrations

• Slack, Confluence, GitHub/GitLab
• Linking commits and branches to stories

Basic Jira Automation

• Trigger-based rules for issue handling

Best Practices

• Common anti-patterns in Scrum & Jira
• Agile maturity models

Lab Work: Automate a workflow using Jira rules