Jira Work Management for Business Teams: Accelerate digital transformation and modernize your organization with Jira Work Management

Even though I have been administering Jira systems for eight years, I still benefitted from reading this book because I was not very familiar with JWM. The author explains the difference between the various Jira versions very well; focusing on the benefits and tools that come with Jira Work Management.I also learned some tricks and shortcuts that I am carefully storing in my Atlassian tool chest. This is a well written book and I can tell the author is well versed in the Jira products. Topics are easily accessible and provide enough information without going overboard. The graphics in the book also help illustrate complex concepts, for example the screen scheme hierarchy.This book does not only teach about JWM since many of the concepts and procedures in the book apply equally to JSW and JSM, thereby making this book an excellent spring board for those brand new to any of the Atlassian Jira products.I do like how the author includes links to Atlassian documentation in different sections of the book. This helped me to quickly find further documentation on the topic at hand. The only real downside to this book is that it is about a Cloud version of a software that is constantly evolving. Therefore, some of it's features have changed from the time this book was written.

This book provides an excellent overview of a new tool in the Atlassian Suite, Jira Work Management. Many developers and teams use Jira to control and manage their workflows in DevOps environment. I have used Jira, and its twin, confluence, for a great deal of DevOps projects. This instance is more focused on bringing those controlled workflow aspects into more of the business environment than the development one. This leaves me torn as it is an excellent book, but lacks sufficiently fidelity to build into a DevOps environment. The book provides a way to create new templates, incorporate existing templates, build issues and develop automation for routine tasks. If you have never before used any Jira software, and need to accelerate your business approach, this is the book for you.The first section covers the basics of getting started for the first time and the second works through modifications. Again, these implementation s are specific to the Jira Work Management (JWM) offering although many similar approaches work across other Atlassian tools as well. The system seems slightly more constrained in creating unique applications although there are a wide range of templates for schemes including sales, finance, marketing and other non-traditional DevOps solutions. Each steps through the different formats and describes how they can be configured, within certain parameters, to create a semi-unique implementation.Finally, the third section touches on some of the administrative properties associated with the tool. It helps the reader decide what level of administration they need, and configure user roles to support that instance. The book offers some tips to automate simple functions, such as sending email when status changes, or automatically updating workflows at key times. However, this is constrained by the requirement that you can only automate 100 events a month without a paid license. This may seem high if you are discussing meeting notes but is rather low if you are thinking about running multiple software tests, security checks, or using to onboard new users.Overall, the book is extremely helpful in a rather limited fashion. The guide is solely designed for Jira Work Management (JWM) and a lot of the functions I typically associated with Jira are not present. At the same time, if you have never before used this software, and are looking for a path to improve your business, this can help point you in the right direction.

If you're an admin or simply trying to understand how Jira Work Management functions, this is a great book. It covers all the functionality of JWM really well, giving users the information needed to navigate and configure the application.The problem I found with the book is that it tells you "how" to use the product, but lacks the "why" you use the product. Jira Work Management is much less flexible than Jira Software because it's designed to intentionally solve problems for business teams (e.g. different workflows, issue types, and screens). I really wanted the book to talk about the problems being experienced by business teams today and connect those back to how JWM is designed to solve those problems. The title says this will accelerate your digital transformation...my question back is "how?"

First time Jira admins who need to administrate Jira Work Management will find this guide handy. Intermediate Jira admins will just flip to the sections they need. This book is a good read, especially if you’re in the weeds of administering and not necessarily using Jira.Admins responsible for both on-premise and Cloud Jira instances will find reminders about Issue Layouts, how to make issue filter subscriptions, and the nuances of JWM boards (boards made with projects, and after project creation) useful. This book covers JWM core offerings, and Jira Cloud functionality adjacent to JWM.As a JWM user, I liked the template listing, as I haven’t had time to browse through Atlassian’s offerings - now I want to experiment with those templates!In the section on Custom Fields, I love the call-out that custom fields should be created sparingly. Aside from performance implications, I wish the author dug a LITTLE deeper into that. Maybe mention the sad user experience of having too many fields, and how reporting can get mangled with too many similarly-named fields? But right after the call-out, the author dives into Custom Field Contexts, which is often overlooked by junior Jira admins.Minor gripe: Would have preferred detailed section numbers to more easily cross-reference topics, (e.g. “learn more about Widgets in Section 1.2.1”) but this is a manual with personality, and not stringently formal. I enjoyed the book’s tone, and the additional product commentary and history included.