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Managing Teams and Projects in Jira, From Idea to Execution

Published on July 7, 2021

By Megan Milan

Managing Teams and Projects in Jira, From Idea to Execution

Working on a big project with a cross-functional team and unsure where to start or which tools to use? Explore project management techniques you can try today to help start, maintain, and finish projects on time.

What You’ll Learn

Project management principles for greater transparency, efficiency, and scalability
Aligning with your team on how you define tasks, stories, bugs, epics, etc. in Jira
Framework for communicating with your team and external stakeholders
Building trust as a great facilitator, liaison, town crier, and cheerleader

Resources

Jira, a popular issue and project tracking software that enables technical and business stakeholders to collaborate effectively.

Jira Software guides and tutorials

Presenter

Megan Milan, Senior Program Manager, DigitalOcean Megan is an avid world and org chart traveler. She’s enjoyed a career in tech as a Program Manager working for Sales, Marketing, Business Operations, and Engineering teams and strives to add order to chaos daily!

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