This presentation gives a brief description about how you can adopt Jira as a Project Management Tool

1. JIRA as a
Project Management Tool
Paolo Mottadelli
p.mottadelli@sourcesense.com
paolo@apache.org

2. JIRA for project managers
JIRA's focus on task achievement make it a smart companion
for project managers.
Manage all your projects
Manage many components in one spot
Keep your team on track
Monitor the progress on your projects
Secure online access

3. Manage projects and components
Track all your projects
Manage your list of to-dos
Unlimited number of tasks and sub-tasks
Descriptions
File attachments
Individual workflow engine for
department
project
task type
Customizable workflows

4. Keep your team on track
Time tracking reports
Road maps
Dashboards with at-a-glance status updates
Exports of report data to Microsoft Word and Excel
Export of report data as XML and RSS feeders

5. Monitor the progress on your projects
Dashboard for at-a-glance status updates
Charts and reports on your personal dashboard
Automatic reports subscriptions
Email updates

6. Secure online access
Granular security schemes
Enterprise level security management

7. Time Tracking
Set an estimation for each task
Log time spent on each task
Time tracking record for each phase of the project
Track risky tasks in a project
Set up RSS feeds on risky tasks

8. Tracking time on an issue

9. Track activities for the period

10. Track who has worked on what

11. Speed up Project Manager tasks
Show issues hierarchy structure
Provide advanced planners for PMs
Manage risky issues in the project
Integrate JIRA with MS Project

12. Link hierarchies among issues

13. Advanced schedule planner

14. Risk management

15. Import from MS Project

16. Integrate JIRA in the MS Project toolbar

17. Agile Project Management
Drag & drop issue assignement
Issue estimation
Iteration planning
Burndown chart
Report on iteration status

18. Burndown Chart Board

19. Planning Board: project 'cards'

20. Planning Board: issues list

21. More info @ Sourcesense
http://www.sourcesense.com
p.mottadelli@sourcesense.com