HOW TO USE JIRA | Free Agile Project Management Software (Jira tutorial for Beginners)

Hey team, today we dive into this Jira tutorial for beginners and share how you can use Jira in an agile project management environment.
Jira is a project management software built for software development projects. However, Jira also offers project management workflows for other business and project types.
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►In this Jira tutorial we cover the following chapters:
0:00 Intro
01:18 Getting started with Jira
02:14 Jira dashboard
02:39 What is an Agile Process?
03:04 Software Development Workflow
04:00 Create EPIC
04:10 What is an Issue?
04:38 What is an EPIC?
05:59 Create a Story
06:15 What is a Story?
08:03 Create a Task
08:26 Create a Sprint
08:34 What is a Sprint?
10:02 Create a Subtask
11:49 Scrum Roles
12:12 Product Owner
12:25 Scrum Master
13:17 Scrum Team
13:46 Add Teammates
13:55 App integrations
14:14 Other Project Types
16:24 Outro
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[@FarhanAqeel]

Honestly, this video has taught me more project management than my entire project management course. LOVED the straight forward explanation!

[@StewartGauld]

Hi mate, I'm glad! all the best on your project management journey!

[@Dream-Academy]

Hilarious your course must suck a big one what is it?

[@FarhanAqeel]

@@Dream-Academy "Software project Management"

[@naveennani8113]

@@StewartGauld how much salary for projet work

[@guddukumarguddukumar5916]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@johnvalley320]

This guy does an excellent job for introductory information to JIRA. I spent the better pat of the day trying to figure out the lay of the land in JIRA compared to DevOps and was having more trouble than necessary until I came across this video by Stewart Gauld. I highly recommend watching this from start to end. Looking forward to a next level video from him as well. Thanks......... Great job Stewart!!!

[@StewartGauld]

Hi John! Thanks mate, I appreciate the kind words. I’m glad you got value.

[@DamiTitiOke]

This is great. I'm a coordinator for a non-project organization and want to get into project management. Hearing about different software, agile, scrum, etc can be intimidating but this video helps put some things into perspective. Can't wait to learn more!

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful! All the best in your role!

[@elisolutions]

Thank you Stewart! This is one of the best complete overviews I've seen in Jira. We will be sharing with our clients.

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks mate.

[@airrdelivery7178]

Thank you Stewart, you really did great in bringing clarity and simplicity to perceived difficult JIRA workflow.

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TheSpacesnowman]

correction: story points aren't how important the task is to complete. Instead they are units of measure for expressing an estimate of the overall effort required to complete that task. Notably, the Team assigns the points and not the PM! hope this helps

[@StewartGauld]

Thanks for that. Updating this tutorial soon.

[@GafferSamz]

@@StewartGauld Found this tutorial super helpful. Out of curiosity, how did you arrive at story points indicating level of importance

[@borret_]

@@StewartGauldis the update available?

[@JeffSokol604]

This is true. It's great when you do the sprint plan and have everyone estimate out the story points together. When one person thinks 8 and another person thinks 2, there's a chance that the person who thinks a task is 8 realizes an obstacle in the story the person who thinks 2 does not see.

[@tangram11]

Yep, immediate downvote when I saw this. You can't teach Jira properly if you don't know the fundamentals of Agile.

[@matthewreid8505]

Good, straightforward intro, feel happy that I can do the basics already. Thanks!

[@StewartGauld]

You're welcome Matthew!

[@bradleybaker8894]

Excellent tutorial. High value in a concise and easy to follow format. Exactly what I was looking for.

[@StewartGauld]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@terezaurbanova1476]

Hello, thank you so much for this! I have worked with JIRA for over 3 years and now I am ready to dive back in and this was so informative. Thanks again

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@darktangent10]

Thanks for the vid! I'm applying for a position with a company that uses Jira, so this will give me an edge in my interview.

[@StewartGauld]

Best of luck!

[@balazsbereczky595]

Amazing tutorial! I was using jira for a few years, but it was not clean for me. Now I know the roles and the meaning of the Jira lingo. Thank you Stewart!

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@obianujuezenduka9602]

this was really helpful. I've been learning Jira on Udemy and 've spent so many hours watching videos. I got frustrated and decided to go on KZbin and I stumbled on your video and watching your video has taught me a whole lot more than all the videos I watched on Udemy. THANK YOU!

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it helped!

[@nikithapradeesh9048]

WOW! the best tutorial video on JIRA! Hats off to you :)

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jairoramirez5202]

Started my internship and they want to start using JIRA, never touched it, and now i feel confident with it! extremely knowledgeable about it, thank you.

[@StewartGauld]

I'm glad! Best of luck!

[@onyiinyechukwu]

Short and straight to the point

[@StewartGauld]

Thanks!

[@folarinmark3895]

He teaches and does it like an A.I so easy and straight forward. You are Blessed my guy

[@StewartGauld]

Thanks mate!

[@TheSpacesnowman]

It might also be helpful to understand the hierarchy of "issues" Epic > Feature > User story > Task Hope this helps!

[@StewartGauld]

Thanks

[@candylook50]

How would you describe a feature as compared to a US?

[@bogdankoretski1096]

What a great and practical video Stewart, yet listening about Scrum roles (aka accountabilities) there seem to be some inaccuracies which might confuse viewers and give them a wrong perception of Scrum concepts (eg. there is no hierarchy in Scrum). Given the video topic it might be not a big deal but at the same time proper statements that correspond the Scrum Guide could be of an additional help to those who listen :) B.R!

[@StewartGauld]

Great idea. Thanks for that. We will be updating this tutorial soon.

[@Heredia1973]

Hi Stewart!! Thank you for your video! Everything was clear, Great explanation!

[@StewartGauld]

You are welcome!

[@satishb9975]

Thank you for showing the live test process of jira work flow with clear explanations and details 👌

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful! Welcome mate.

[@johnsys7836]

seriously Thanks for this. I was trying to learn this during a work presentation and was so lost with they way they explained it. Once again...KZbin to the rescue. :)

[@StewartGauld]

You are more than welcome! Glad this was super helpful!

[@pw.70]

That was a great focused tutorial - really enjoyed it. Obviously more powerful than Trello (which I do love).

[@StewartGauld]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@young-igotana-jamie5316]

Thank you Stewart! Excellent demo and east to understand. Have a good day!

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dragonbaka1]

Hi Stewart, I was at lost as I worked as Project Manager for 3 years already but my former company doesn't want to use modern project management tools. Been having a hard time finding work as they all require JIRA mostly, thank you for this wonderful, short and very clear explanation. will be having fun exploring JIRA based from your fundamentals, you made my day brother! keep it up!!!

[@StewartGauld]

Fantastic! Your welcome mate!

[@TheSpacesnowman]

correction: the Product Owner isn't the Project manager. Instead, the Scrum master is essentially the Project manager (in Scrum) or team facilitator.. and is there to "facilitate" and not direct or manage! as agile teams are self-empowered! Hope this helps!

[@StewartGauld]

Thanks

[@clutchingatlight]

Useful starter but there's lots of things missing for a complete novice. It does't tell you that you have to enable "Backlog" for example when you first sign up. After creating the first epic, the "story" option doesn't appear in the list when creating a new issue until you go into project settings and enable it. Story points isn't there by default in the story view. Create subtask isn't there by default either. None of this is covered, so I had to use Google a lot to wade through this.

[@StewartGauld]

Thanks for sharing mate, A few things have changed since I made this tutorial. We will be updating this tutorial in 2022

[@charlesegwuh143]

How has your experience being so far?

[@ContinentalKrish]

I have recently changed my job, and in my new Company we are completely agile. Your video has helped me a lot to understand the commonly used terminologies and methodologies in agile way of working.

[@StewartGauld]

Hey mate! I'm glad you got value!

[@dwayne8659]

Awesome video, explains things really well with no unnecessary information, just the facts.

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JasonDziukACE]

This is a good demonstration of the tool, but has concerning misinformation. (1) Feature is NOT the same as User Story. (2) Story Points are NOT "how important this story is to complete". Those statements are fundamentally wrong.

[@StewartGauld]

Hi Jason, Thanks for the feedback!

[@MGE0007]

@Jason Dziuk.. what project management tool do you use to support agile development.?

[@JasonDziukACE]

@@MGE0007 Either Atlassian Jira or Azure DevOps. Jira used to be the only solid player in the field (Rational Clear Case and Microsoft Team Foundation Server both worked well for source control but fell short in terms of work management. In the past 5-7 years, though, Microsoft has improved by leaps and bounds and has effectively closed the gap with Jira. If you prefer to work from a board and manage your items with that visualization, Jira is still the clear winner. I personally prefer the query view that Azure DevOps provides, so that is what I generally use but it is purely a personal preference.

[@MGE0007]

@@JasonDziukACE Hey thanks for the quick feedback. I have not delved deeply into Jira...used Asana recently and before that I was a slave to MS Project!!!...

[@Kemikalgeneral]

This is a good point and just in case anyone wishes to know what they are... EPIC = collection of stories STORY = collection of tasks TASK = small bits of work to complete the story STORY POINTS = how long you think it'll take to complete (normally using the Fibonacci sequence) VELOCITY = number of points your team can complete in a given sprint

[@MsZdeg]

Thanks for this overview of jira :) However, the part of explaining agile methologies/words etc has mistakes, so please just use this video only for understanding jira NOT FOR UNDERSTANDING AGILE!

[@StewartGauld]

Thanks for the feedback mate.

[@jojohenderson2413]

Super easy to understand. Hands down the best tutorial for JIRA

[@StewartGauld]

Hey Jojo, Thanks for that!

[@fortuneoziri8894]

This is the best beginners Jira tutorial i have seen so far. Thanks for the good job.

[@StewartGauld]

Thanks!

[@krisbal2608]

i love this video , short , concise and direct, learn the basics..thanks Stewart

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@StevenWard]

I've been using ADO for a few years and needed an overview of Jira that my new client uses. This is super clear and detailed enough to give me exactly what I needed. Thanks Stewart (ADO uses the term Item Type instead of Issue - which as a PM is much better as who wants lots of Issues on the project :) )

[@StewartGauld]

You're very welcome!

[@valapalasravan3609]

Very informative and crisp loved it ❤️ Thank you so much steward!!

[@StewartGauld]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@care4anand]

Well explained with simple examples. Much appreciated. Thanks for the video. Cheers

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful! Cheers Anand

[@LKeshaba]

I took project management course before, and also familiar with simpler project management software. But this video complete my understanding under 30 minutes. Big thank you for that.

[@StewartGauld]

Welcome mate! Happy to help.

[@joelambert7331]

Straightforward and to the point. Ty!

[@StewartGauld]

Thanks!

[@freebk161]

Perfect, Precise explanation in this short video. This video worth 1,000,000 words !!!

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sergioport]

Hard to find videos as insightful and Clear as this one, Thanks.

[@StewartGauld]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@vivianngty]

About to start a new project and the client uses Jira which I have never used before. Thanks so much for such good content.

[@StewartGauld]

Great to hear! Welcome!

[@freyarusso154]

Thank you so much for such a short and informative tutorial!

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@OfficialInderJ]

Thank you, Stewart. In my new role, they wanted JIRA. And I am almost done with the knowledge. I will practice hard and crack the interview. Thank you!!!!!!

[@StewartGauld]

Best of luck!

[@laminkjanneh7654]

Great and easy to comprehend content. I like the clarity and simplicity of the entire video. Well done. You are a great teacher

[@StewartGauld]

Thanks mate I appreciate it!

[@nononsensenofilterthanks8203]

SUPER TUTORIAL! The best teaching method ever! So grateful 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@StewartGauld]

You're very welcome!

[@bakhitango263]

Thank you so much Stewart. This was very helpful as I am new to Jira. I am on the job market for a Scrum Master job and I realized Jira is a requirement for most companies

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@adarshsahoo6536]

Thanks a lot for making such videos. For the first time I watched how JIRA tickets are being worked on and this video taught me everything

[@StewartGauld]

It's my pleasure!

[@tanueiloyd6561]

Yes, indeed you are a pro in JIRA teaching. Congratulations

[@StewartGauld]

Thank you very much

[@skyblue-ye7np]

Thank u very much for explaining clearly.

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@walterbril3167]

Incredibly helpful! Thanks so much for creating this tutorial!

[@StewartGauld]

You're very welcome!

[@wellingtongavi3666]

This is straightforward and very simple for a beginner like me. Thanks, Stewart for this and other videos that I am yet to watch

[@StewartGauld]

You're very welcome!

[@AbdulWahid-yc7pt]

Thanks Stewart for this useful demo.

[@StewartGauld]

Welcome 🤗

[@user-nq3jo5zb1f]

Thanks! Excellent tutorial.

[@StewartGauld]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AmineArab]

This is the best video for Jira and scrum's explanation. So easy, so efficient, Thank you so much

[@StewartGauld]

You're very welcome!

[@CircuitMoe]

yo best best video about software project management, thank you so much, you got a new subscriber

[@StewartGauld]

Cheers mate! I appreciate it!

[@alca2735]

Thank you for this video really helped me in preparing for my work.

[@StewartGauld]

Your welcome mate!

[@guuday2all]

Amazing! Now I know all about Jira in 10 mins in fast pace.

[@StewartGauld]

Welcome!

[@sahilsummers3864]

Man you made it simple for me loved it keep posting Thanks.

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it helped

[@StarslightAndDreams]

I'm watching this right before starting my new job after graduating. Thanks Steward!!

[@StewartGauld]

All the best!

[@rongan633]

Great video, Steward. It's succinct and easy to follow. Your voice is clear. My first time learning Jira.

[@StewartGauld]

Hey mate, Glad you got value mate

[@bipingosain6870]

Yep agreed! 🙌🏻 great intro tutorial indeed! Thanks Stewart.

[@StewartGauld]

I'm glad!

[@jamestaylor9649]

Thank you, looking forward to the more in depth video!

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ShamilliaRock]

Hi Stewart. Thank you for this vid! Very well done! It was great! I used it as a refresher.

[@StewartGauld]

Welcome!

[@gbittu]

First of all great thanks Stewart! You made it much easier to understand the concepts. I wish you could have added more details about the story points, Epic and daily scrum.

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the feedback

[@Mattias1995]

Yes. We created an Epic but never really used it in the video, it could've simply been omitted

[@94bkf]

Grateful you took the time out to share this

[@StewartGauld]

Welcome Bradley.

[@alejandracalzolari4317]

Amazing... you are super clear, best tutorial ever!! and its so nice to hear this accent again!! thanks for that!!

[@StewartGauld]

Glad you liked it!

[@patriceyuh9555]

Great job ! Direct and simple.

[@StewartGauld]

Thanks!

[@phylera23]

I didn't had any clue about Jira but you helped A-LOT. Thanks.

[@StewartGauld]

Glad I could help!

[@rajanbaburajkumar]

Thanks for the complete overview of Jira for the project management software template.

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@katchkamil]

Thanks for making this tutorial Stewart. It is very helpful.

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ahlamh8070]

Thank you heaps, that was a quick yet informative rundown of jira.

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rizqyhbb]

Thankyou. as a new developer, this video helped a lot and you wrap it in neat and solid explanation

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it helped!

[@MsSabreena28]

Thank you. Waiting for more tutorials on Jira. :)

[@StewartGauld]

Thanks for that. Will look into it!

[@dieudonnet.n.ebacha1653]

Thanks alot Stewart , you just the best, i didnt really understand how Jira works, but you have made understand so well, thanks alot,

[@StewartGauld]

You are very welcome!

[@anubisystems]

Thanks for sharing!

[@StewartGauld]

Thanks for watching!

[@tejasp326]

Wonderful explanation Stewart! Keep up the good work.

[@StewartGauld]

Welcome! Thanks

[@cliffadams1552]

Crisp, simple, about as good as it gets.

[@StewartGauld]

Thanks!

[@oluwolebadmus6374]

Thanks Stewart! Precise and helpful

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alejandrogalindo4754]

Just a great video, thanks Stewart!

[@StewartGauld]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@gaj1234]

Thanks a lot Stewart..i just had to subscribe..love your simplicity and a very clear easy to understand approach in explaining seemly, a bit complicated project management tool such as JIRA..Do keep it up and All the best!!.

[@StewartGauld]

Welcome aboard! I'm glad you got value!

[@gaj1234]

@@StewartGauld Thanks once again bro..do take care and stay blessed!.

[@seichaibao]

Thanks for your video, your tutorial is helping me to understand more about agile approaches in PMP.

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@emro2993]

Stewart, this is an excellent presentation! Thank you!

[@StewartGauld]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@drmargaret6031]

straight forward and very helpful, thank you

[@StewartGauld]

Welcome!

[@youreawesome5283]

Thank you! That was a good intro!

[@StewartGauld]

Welcome mate

[@naeemahmed3245]

And here I go... Now I can claim that I know JIRA. Really helpful to know the basics of JIRA and to kickstart with it :)

[@StewartGauld]

All the best!

[@tacochang8681]

Amazing video which is quite clear and concise. It helps me a lot.

[@StewartGauld]

You are very welcome!

[@mishmenez]

To the point video on use of Jira, thanks @Stewart Gauld

[@StewartGauld]

Thanks!

[@tykrv671101]

Wonderful video Stewart. Thanks for your time!

[@StewartGauld]

Very welcome! Thanks!

[@olukayodesolanke7287]

..straight on point" Thank you for sharing"

[@StewartGauld]

Welcome!

[@adamatraore2286]

Thanks for this great tutorial. That was awesome!

[@StewartGauld]

Your very welcome!

[@moitrysarkar6236]

As a beginner, am so confident about my upcoming interview. Thanks so much.

[@StewartGauld]

All the best!

[@laurie808]

You are such a good teacher!

[@StewartGauld]

Thank you! 😃

[@aliahyar3174]

thank you Stewart for making this video. It's very useful for beginner like me who wants to start using JIRA for project management.

[@StewartGauld]

Your welcome my friend 😊

[@MichaelJohnson-ze6ql]

Thanks for the tutorial, I feel ready to use jira moving forward 👍🏾

[@StewartGauld]

Hey Michael, I'm glad you got so much value.

[@charlesaphrem9276]

You have explained it so well !! Super useful video!

[@StewartGauld]

Thanks!

[@tegaaustine9056]

splendid video, I understood the concept immediately. You made it very easy to understand. Thank you

[@StewartGauld]

Great to hear!

[@srinivasanmv8408]

This is so perfect and helped me lot to understand JIRA. Thank you 🙂

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@vikramshinde8835]

Great Video, this explains the JIRA in a most simplest form.

[@StewartGauld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ProudQLD]

Super comprehensive. Thank you. 👍

[@StewartGauld]

Welcome!

[@zkindy2344]

Straightforward to the point..Well done

[@StewartGauld]

I'm glad!