Here at DLT Labs™, we rely on Jira® to ensure our projects are completed on time. I am thankful we do since effective project management is crucial for the type of work we do here.
Tools (both real and virtual) allow us to get more work done efficiently and increase productivity. JIRA is no different.
Today, I am going to tell you why.
Let us begin with some background information on JIRA. An Australian company known as ‘Atlassian’ developed JIRA. First released in 2002, it is one of the most popular project management tools. What makes it so useful?
Made to be used in an Agile development context, it manages the workflow lifecycle in projects. But it can also be used for the development of the traditional waterfall lifecycle.
A centralized project management tool is useful in a large team that must keep track of multiple aspects of projects — requirements, design, coding, testing, deployment.
But to be effective, it must also be accessible to everyone in the team since this would let us do various tasks like review, assign, create watchers and reporters, specify priorities among other things.
This in turn fosters visibility, promotes ownership and if used properly, can improve work…
