Jira Software for Scrum

Scrum is one of the agile methodologies supported by Jira Software. Unlike the old days, when a single project manager would use either a spreadsheet or Microsoft Project to keep track of a project's progress, with Jira Software and Scrum, team participation is encouraged to improve collaboration between different project stakeholders. In this chapter, we will look at how we can use Jira Software to unlock the power of Scrum.

By the end of the chapter, you will have learned about the following topics:

• An overview of Scrum
• Setting up a Scrum board
• Managing an issue backlog
• Estimating work and team velocities
• Running the Scrum sprint
• Tracking and reviewing sprint progress