Jira Software

Jira is the industry standard for enterprise agile planning. 2025 includes Atlassian Intelligence to auto-fill fields and predict sprint completion.

When to Use

• Enterprise: Compliance, heavy customization, complex workflows.
• Cross-Team Dependencies: “Advanced Roadmaps” manages dependencies across 50 teams.
• Reporting: Detailed burnout charts and velocity reports.

Core Concepts

Workflows

Status transitions (To Do -> In Progress -> Done) with “Guards” and “Validators”.

JQL (Jira Query Language)

SQL-like language to search issues. project = "WEB" AND status = "In Progress".

Boards

Kanban or Scrum boards.

Best Practices (2025)

Do:

• Use Automation: “When issue moves to Done, send Slack message”.
• Use AI Descriptions: “Summarize this comment thread” features saved hours.
• Keep Workflows Simple: Don’t over-engineer transitions.

Don’t:

• Don’t use it for personal tasks: It’s too heavy. Use Linear or Notion.

References

• Jira Documentation