How to Create a New Board in Jira: A Step-by-Step Guide

Jira is a project management tool with which users track problems and compile a detailed project work plan. There is a specific aspect of the JIRA’s versatility that I’m fond of – boards, which give an overview of tasks and processes. Whether you’re a Scrum Master, Kanban Master or if your team employs the Scrum and Kanban Hybrid, creating a new board in JIRA is easy and simple. Allow me to guide you further through simple and easy to follow steps explained in this guide.

What is a Board in Jira?

In Jira, a board is a flexible tool that displays the shape of your particular team’s work process. It categorises tasks (or issues) in the column where each column depicts a level of the process (“To Do,” “In Progress,” “Done.”) Boards assist teams in organizing their work and in gaining a greater appreciation of accomplishment and where there may be congestion.

There are two main types of boards in Jira:

Scrum Boards: Intended for the teams operating in sprints particularly backlog refinement and sprint preparation. Kanban Boards: It is convenient for the teams that do not have a sprint schedule and are working on the constant assembly.

Jira is one of the most popular tools that people choose for tracking their issues and bug reports; creating new boards; A step-by-step guide on how to create new boards in Jira.

Step 1: Click on the Board Creation Option

Log in to your Jira account.

Go to the “Projects” tab if it is in the sidebar menu,

or in the top-right corner of the screen.

To add a board, select the project for which you are going to create a board of. However, you can create a board that covers different projects in an endeavor to achieve the intended goal.

Step 2: Now fans earlier,

but to access the board configuration menu you need to enter the deeper settings of the router. When inside the project, go to the “Boards” drop down menu. Click on the button on ye, which says, create board.

Step 3: Choose the Board Type Jira

will present you with options to choose the type of board you want to create: Scrum Board:

For the teams that are applying the Scrum approach. Kanban Board: Specifically, for the teams, which use Kanban as their workflow. Select the right option from the given choices according their team requirements.

Step 4: Link the Board to a Project

You will be prompted to: Tie the board to a single project. Select an already created filter to integrate many projects, on the same project management screen. Choose what you want to do and if you want to connect the board to a filter, make sure that filter query contains all the problems you want to address on the board.

Step 5: Configure Board Settings

Columns: Create columns that would mirror the work flow you have in your process, such as “Backlog,” “Development,” “Testing,” and “Done.” Swimlanes (Optional): A thorough categorization of issues can be done in accordance with logical categorization methods like by assignee or story. Work in Progress (WIP) Limits: It must set guidelines for the number of columns that are to be provided to the team so as to avoid distraction. Quick Filters: Custom filters are also additional that allow your team to easily view some portions of issues.

Step 6: By the end

of this match, save the changes to share with others and start using the Board. Click create board once you complete setting up the settings to confirm or save the new configuration. Your board is now ready for you to start using.

A Quick Guide on How to Effectively Leverage Jira Boards

Customize Workflows: Customize how cards move through columns to fit your team’s process by changing the transitions between them.

Leverage Filters: More control can be obtained by utilizing JQL (Jira Query Language) for tweaking issue availability.

Monitor Progress: Performance indicates how the team has been doing in its endeavour to complete all the work that needs to be done by the project’s end date while progress refers to how far the project is on the path to achieving its intended goal by the said date. Review Regularly: Transform the board after some time depending with the requirements of the team in the organization.

Conclusion

A new board in Jira can be started with just a few clicks, but it is one of the most effective ways to improve the performance of the team. To cut the verbose, it not only allows you to address all the problems that your team may face when sharing files and working on projects, but also establish a working board that helps your team meet its objectives faster. Begin with the initial board and check out the choices of personalizing it to fine-tune Jira to your needs

 

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