Introduction to Jira

Integrating Jira with GitHub streamlines your development workflow by connecting your code repository to your project management tool. Here's a brief overview:

Key Benefits:

• Enhanced Visibility: Track development activity (branches, commits, pull requests) directly within Jira issues.
• Improved Collaboration: Foster better communication between development and project teams.
• Automated Workflows: Use smart commits to automatically update Jira issues with actions like transitions, comments, and time logging.
• Real-time Updates: Stay informed with up-to-date information as GitHub events are synced to Jira.

HOW TO SETUP THE ONLINE VERSION OF JIRA

• Sign up in Atlassian Website

• Choose a plan that suits your team's need. Altlassian offers plans like free, standard, and premium depending on thr number of users, storage space when selecting a plan

• After choosing a plan, you will create your first project, choosing a project template and customizing your workflow

• invite your team members to join your JIRA CLOUD instance.The invitation can be done through email or a direct link


Once your team member have joined, you can start using JIRA to track issues, manage tasks, collaborate on projects and more