course

Track and improve metrics for your software project

duration

1 hour and 40 minutes

level

Intermediate

product

Jira

Improve progress and performance

Quickly identify obstacles that slow down progress with DevOps reports in Jira. Then, measure your team’s sprint progress with a Burndown Chart, use a sprint report to see if your team is completing committed work, and use a velocity chart to estimate work your team can realistically complete in the future. Then, use dashboards for a high-level picture of everything happening in Jira.
 After this course, you’ll be able to:
  • Identify the four key DevOps metrics.
  • Create a Jira report.
  • Describe how the Burndown Chart can benefit your team.
  • Read and use the sprint report, velocity chart, and Release Burndown.
  • Use a control chart to see the cycle time for your sprint, product, or version.
  • Use the Insights feature in Jira to plan smarter sprints.
  • Use dashboards to gain insight into your team's work.
  • List the different sources of data for gadgets
  • Create and share basic and advanced dashboards.
  • Configure dashboard viewing and editing permissions.
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11 Lessons in this course

10 minutes
Reporting for DevOps

By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to: * Identify the four key DevOps metrics * Describe the benefits of reporting and monitoring * List the different Jira reports and describe their usage * Create a Jira report

Sections
  • Four key DevOps metrics have been shown to correlate to high performance.
  • Use Jira reports to track your team’s progress and performance.
  • How do you create a report in Jira?
10 minutes
Track sprint progress with the Burndown Chart

By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to: - Read and understand the Burndown Chart - Track the total work remaining in a sprint - Project the likelihood of achieving the sprint goal - Describe how the Burndown Chart can benefit your team

Sections
  • What is the Burndown Chart?
  • Explore the Burndown Chart
5 minutes
View completed sprint work with the Sprint Report

By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to: - Read and understand the Sprint Report - See the work completed or pushed back to the backlog in each sprint - Determine if there is excessive scope creep in a sprint - Describe how the Sprint Report can benefit your team

Sections
  • What is the Sprint Report?
  • Explore the Sprint Report
10 minutes
Make better workload estimations with the Velocity Chart

By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to: - Read and understand the Velocity Chart - Track the amount of work completed from sprint to sprint - Describe how the Velocity Chart can benefit your team

Sections
  • What is the Velocity Chart?
  • Explore the Velocity Chart
10 minutes
Track a projected release with the Release Burndown

By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to: - Read and understand the Release Burndown - Track the projected release date for a version - Describe how the Release Burndown can benefit your team

Sections
  • What is the Release Burndown report?
  • Explore the Release Burndown report
10 minutes
Track cycle time with the Control Chart

By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to: - Read and understand the Control Chart - See the cycle time for your sprint, product, or version - Describe how the Control Chart can benefit your team

Sections
  • What is the Control Chart?
  • Explore the Control Chart

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