VIDEO: What is Jira and How Can It Help?

hello project managers I'm Mackenzie and today I'm covering atlassian's jira Work Management a cloud-based software for teams managing work projects and processes this project management service offers a lot of features that are ideal for business teams who need an intuitive way to collaborate and manage anything all in one program so for those who are interested in learning more about this tool before making a purchase then allow me to be your guide and explain everything you need to know about jira Work Management for starters this tool is not your software that's correct your work management and jira software are two different services think of them like this jira work management is a project management tool for your business team while jirasoft where is a project management solution for your You Guessed It software team here's a comparison chart of all the features each includes based on all of this if you think that your software might be better for your team then please go check out our previous video about it now that we better understand which atlassian tool we're covering let's check out those key features let's begin with its multiple project view types and there are plenty of them it has a timeline view with a Gantt chart to enable users to get a big picture view of projects in Flight allocate work and map out dependencies it also has a list view with inline editing a calendar view to manage work across dates and a board view for tracking work across production stages along with that it allows users to organize work into projects and divide work into smaller tasks and subtasks your work management supports task dependencies bolt changes and duplicate tasks synced across projects too other features include work labels Emoji reactions and project milestones jira Work Management also offers functions for data and Reporting the workload view shows how busy team members are across projects the work log allows users to track the time they spend on every task also users can create custom dashboards with charts filters fields and graphs in which they can choose from over 30 pre-built and customizable templates in addition to building these reports there's an advanced search option that lets team members filter work on important criteria and save these filters for reuse across products projects and custom reports plus one can export data in CSV word XML and Json formats last but not least this program supports what I call the three shins configuration customization and automation teams can standardize Work Management with global configuration settings workflows and permissions they also have the ability to customize workflows to better map out any style of work by using themes project background colors and approved branding on top of that it also has automation rules to manage frequent actions other features include smart links that transform URLs into interactive files daily to-do's team groupings issue types and more plus there are Integrations available for thousands of apps and Rich sets of apis and that's a wrap on jira Work Management if you would like a bit more information about this software then I recommend reading this article or if you want to try it out for yourself then click the link in the description below to sign up for its free plan but before you go be sure to click the like icon hit the Subscribe button and visit project dashmanagement.com for other PM Solutions thanks for watching foreign

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