This course discusses common foundational principles and practices used by agile methodologies, providing you with a flexible set of tools to use in your role (e.g. product owner, scrum master, project manager, team member) on an agile team. Learn agile and lean principles, including kanban and scrum, and use Jira Software Cloud as the tool to apply hands-on exercises in these topics. The course includes instruction on company-managed and team-managed Jira projects.
After completing this course, you will have a strong foundational understanding of agile principles and practices and hands-on experience with Jira Software Cloud. Site administrators will be able to perform basic administration tasks. You will be able to continuously configure your Jira projects to match your team's custom agile methodology.
Once completing this course, you will be prepared to earn your first Atlassian credential: https://go.atlassian.com/coursera-apb-330
*You can use a free Jira Software Cloud site to complete the hands-on labs associated with this course. This will require a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer.
Status: Lean Methodologies
Lean Methodologies
Status: Software Versioning
Software Versioning
Beginner·Course·13 hours
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5.0
·Reviewed Jul 21, 2020
I found this course very comprehensive. Beginners can learn foundation knowledge and concepts of Agile along-with Jira . Above all labs are well-designed and give learners hand-on experience of Jira
5.0
·Reviewed Nov 15, 2018
Nice course. ItNice course. It is well presented and easy to follow. The videos and labs are at the right level for the audience. Instructor does a nice job of responding to questions timely.
5.0
·Reviewed May 23, 2021
Indeed a great course which explains the agile methodology concepts from theory to practical implementation with JIRA. And it will definitely help learners if they are using JIRA in the organization.
5.0
·Reviewed Mar 26, 2021
Really good course, very practical and useful. I had already worked with Jira as a project manager but I still learn a lot with this course . Strongly recommend especially for new project managers
5.0
·Reviewed Apr 27, 2022
Excellent at filling in the gaps where you have been exposed to Jira and/or Agile but not actually had to do it fully / had no other training on either Jira or Agile. Excellent hands on practice.
5.0
·Reviewed Aug 16, 2021
This is a well set out introduction to both Jira software and Agile, Scrum and Kanban. Highly recommeded. In praticular the practical labs are helpful and flow well. Great learning opportunity here.
5.0
·Reviewed Mar 2, 2019
This is a very helpful course about learning how to use Jira and also covers some basics of Agile project management and Scrum in one package. And better yet, the instructor is from Atlassian.
4.0
·Reviewed Mar 4, 2025
I found the content to be very dry given it was the same narration on all video content. There were some inline video quiz questions that asked questions before the associated content was reviewed.
5.0
·Reviewed May 4, 2021
Great course, the labs are really effective. I was a beginner with no background in JIRA for agile and this course really gave me the training I need to start active use of the tool for projects!
5.0
·Reviewed Apr 14, 2019
The Course is good and well structured. It has really strengthened my understanding about the use of Jira, I will recommend this course to anyone who is interested in knowing more about Agile and Jira
5.0
·Reviewed Nov 13, 2023
The course is very helpful about learning how to use Jira software and also covers basics of Agile project management. It is well presented and lab assessment are at the right level for the learners.
5.0
·Reviewed May 19, 2020
The course is very detailed with easy to follow worksheets and lab instructions. It's well presented and structured. I enjoyed studying the course and looking forward to apply the skills in my role.
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Hamza
5.0
·Reviewed Jul 22, 2020
I found this course very comprehensive. Beginners can learn foundation knowledge and concepts of Agile along-with Jira . Above all labs are well-designed and give learners hand-on experience of Jira
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Ryan
3.0
·Reviewed Jun 11, 2019
I feel like this was one part Agile Scrum history/overview and two parts JIRA software walkthrough. I would have liked to see the hands on labs be more interactive instead of just a step by step guide. I also would have preferred the lions share of the content to be focused around a deep-dive on Agile rather than the software-specific material. I've been using JIRA for a few years now, so this was pretty much review for me. I still picked up a few useful tidbits here and there, however. The biggest take-aways for me: Search Keywords (AND, OR, NOT), Advanced Searching Functions (for filters) and the "Asking Why? Five Times" convention to help determine root problems in Agile.
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Sven
1.0
·Reviewed Jan 22, 2020
The title of the course is wrong - it should be: how to endlessly configure Jira. Jira looks to me like an epic issue now :-) ... and a waste. Preventing waste is the major item in lean environments. This Jira is from my point of view is an over engineered piece of software, and contradicts the principles of agile (keep it simple). So this course all in all is misleading. I am happy that I didn't spend 45 Dollars to get a certificate - what for? That I was able to configure a software? No way! wtf ...
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Tovah
5.0
·Reviewed May 20, 2020
The course is very detailed with easy to follow worksheets and lab instructions. It's well presented and structured. I enjoyed studying the course and looking forward to apply the skills in my role.
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Rachel
3.0
·Reviewed Jun 10, 2019
The visuals were helpful in understanding how to use Atlassian Jira, and the instructor knows the program well. However, it was very dry and hard to follow. Without a real-life project, it makes it difficult to imagine how the agile approach will work. The practices were helpful in getting more comfortable using Jira, but again it is not at all the same as doing something more authentic. I really liked the history of lean principles and agile on the whole. That was the most interesting part.
The Course is good and well structured. It has really strengthened my understanding about the use of Jira, I will recommend this course to anyone who is interested in knowing more about Agile and Jira
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Muhammad
5.0
·Reviewed Aug 11, 2020
this was an excellent course in terms of the technical aspects of Jira software, being an entry level product owner i have learned different methods and techniques for handling complex software development processes.
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Sam
3.0
·Reviewed Nov 29, 2018
Good quick start course which gives an decent overview of Atlassian Jira
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Ellinor
3.0
·Reviewed Feb 11, 2020
Great content, boring stiff way of delivering it.
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Prasanta
5.0
·Reviewed May 24, 2021
Indeed a great course which explains the agile methodology concepts from theory to practical implementation with JIRA. And it will definitely help learners if they are using JIRA in the organization.
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Benjamin
5.0
·Reviewed Aug 16, 2021
This is a well set out introduction to both Jira software and Agile, Scrum and Kanban. Highly recommeded. In praticular the practical labs are helpful and flow well. Great learning opportunity here.
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Thanh-Quy
3.0
·Reviewed Jul 24, 2019
The content of the course is a global walkthrough of the huge Jira software, but lacks basics on Agile methodology, and would gain greatly from using software live using instead of just slides.
The course is pretty good nonetheless.
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Afroditi
1.0
·Reviewed Dec 5, 2019
Very basic course, most of the stuff you can learn with a quick google search. The videos itself are very low pace and focus mainly on how to use Jira on a very basic level. I had to listen to the videos to 1,5x speed for it to be at a normal listening level.
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Clinton
1.0
·Reviewed Jul 29, 2022
As of June 2022 these instructions no longer match free JIRA membership = ineffective.
If you want to take hours to learn how to click the mouse, this is the slowest method of learning available.
Extremely disappointing, and outdated instructions.
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Nádia
5.0
·Reviewed Mar 27, 2021
Really good course, very practical and useful. I had already worked with Jira as a project manager but I still learn a lot with this course . Strongly recommend especially for new project managers
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Roberto
3.0
·Reviewed Nov 25, 2019
An intro to Agile and an overview of Jira.
Great course to better understand and use the Jira product.
Exercises are a bit shallow, hello world level, with no background story.
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Jose
5.0
·Reviewed Jul 29, 2019
Great course! the hands on laboratories were very helpful and practical in the understanding on how Jira works and it's use, the explanations of the topics on the videos were very clear and straight forward, thank you Coursera and Atlassian for this amazing course!
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Eric
5.0
·Reviewed Mar 3, 2019
This is a very helpful course about learning how to use Jira and also covers some basics of Agile project management and Scrum in one package. And better yet, the instructor is from Atlassian.