Jira for beginners: Scrum sprints, story points, Kanban columns and WIP limits on one page

New words

Space

What Jira used to call a project. Team-managed is the simple choice for one team.

Work item

What Jira used to call an issue.

Story points

A rough size (1, 2, 3, 5, 8), not hours.

Run a sprint (Scrum)

1. + next to Spaces > Software development > Scrum > Use template > Team-managed.
2. Backlog: create work items and add a Story point estimate to each.
3. A new space already has an empty Sprint 1: select items, ••• > Move work item into it.
4. Start sprint: 2 weeks by default, add a one-line goal, Start.
5. Move cards by dragging or with ••• > Change status. Done = the rightmost column.
6. Sprint insights shows progress and the burndown. Complete sprint moves open items on.

Kanban with a WIP limit

1. Kanban > Use template > Team-managed.
2. Add a column with +, set its Status category, then ••• > Move column left.
3. In Progress > ••• > Set column limit, Maximum 4. Over the limit the header icon turns red.

Reports

• No Reports tab? + > Reports > Add to navigation.
• Cumulative flow diagram: a band that keeps widening is where work piles up.
• Cycle Time Report: days from start to Done (team-managed spaces have no control chart).