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Listed below are a few features that make JIRA a great tool for software development. Check out our website to see more features.

1. Organize your backlog in GreenHopper

Your JIRA trial comes bundled with a GreenHopper evaluation license.
You should read through the GreenHopper 101 page and follow the configuration steps to get GreenHopper up and running to its fullest potential.
Using the GreenHopper planning board, you can schedule issues for a release using drag-and-drop.

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How to Do It
  1. Select Planning Board from the Agile drop-down menu in the top navigation bar.
  2. Choose the project you'd like to schedule issues for from the drop-down menu next to the text "Planning Board".
  3. Select the release version (or Unreleased) you'd like to schedule issues for from the list of releases on the right-hand side of the screen.
  4. Drag cards from the planning board into any of the releases on the right.

Interested in GreenHopper? Watch a short video and learn about two features that can help you with planning sprints and organizing your backlog.

2. Generate burndown charts

With GreenHopper installed, you can view burndown charts for any of your saved filters right on your dashboard.

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How to Do It
  1. Click the Dashboards link in the top navigation bar.
  2. Select the dashboard on which you'd like to place the chart from the tabs on the left.
    • If you haven't yet create a dashboard, simply select "Create Dashboard" from the "Tools" drop-down menu on the right-hand side of the screen.
  3. Click "Add Gadget"
  4. In the gadget directory, *search for 'agile'.
  5. Click the "Add it Now" button under the Agile Gadget.
  6. Click Finished in the gadget browser once you've added the gadget.
  7. Choose which filter to view and fill out the remaining configuration options.

You can also view burndown charts for your projects in GreenHopper, but that's not covered here.

3. Vote on the issues you care about

JIRA users have the ability to vote on issues that they find interesting, or that they want to see resolved. You can use votes to determine the value of certain issues is to your users and schedule them accordingly.

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How to Do It
  1. View the issue you wish to vote on.
  2. Click the "Vote for it" link on in the left-hand Operations menu, near the bottom.

Sample vote-related search queries using JIRA Query Language:

issuekey in votedIssues()
Returns all issues you have voted on.

fixVersion in unreleasedVersions() and votes > 20
Returns all issues that do not have an assigned fix version and that have more than 20 votes.

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