Agile Project Management with Jira

Agile only delivers value when teams can see work, plan increments, and ship. This cohort teaches you to run Scrum and Kanban confidently using Jira Software Cloud, with Africa-centric case scenarios and hiring-ready artefacts.

Who this is for

• Aspiring and practising Project Managers, Scrum Masters, Product Owners
• Business Analysts, Ops leads, and coordinators in tech and non-tech teams
• Career switchers targeting remote PM roles

What you will build

• A clean Jira Software Cloud site using best-practice settings
• Issue hierarchy with epics, stories, tasks, bugs, and clear acceptance criteria
• Working Scrum or Kanban boards with WIP limits and quick filters
• Sprint cadence with estimation, capacity, and velocity
• Dashboards for stakeholders: burndown, velocity, cumulative flow, sprint reports
• Useful automation rules for intake, triage, and handoffs
• A capstone: plan and deliver a two-week sprint with demo, retro, and executive memo

The 8-week journey at a glance

• Week 1.
  Agile foundations and Jira setup
  Scrum vs Kanban, roles, ceremonies, Definition of Done. Create a Jira Software Cloud site. Team-managed vs company-managed projects. Roles and permissions.
• Week 2.
  Backlog and estimation
  Epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, points vs time, planning poker. Build a living backlog with priorities and dependencies.
• Week 3.
  Workflows and configuration Statuses, transitions, conditions, validators, post-functions. Screens and custom fields. Reusable schemes and templates.
• Week 4.
  Sprint planning and execution
  Create sprints, capacity planning, velocity, WIP control, swimlanes, subtasks, daily stand-ups, working agreements.
• Week 5.
  Reporting and stakeholder comms Burndown, velocity, sprint and release reports, cumulative flow for Kanban. Build stakeholder dashboards and a simple risk and issue log.
• Week 6.
  Integrations and light automation
  Confluence for requirements, GitHub or Bitbucket links, email to issue, forms. No-code automation for triage, routing, and reminders.
• Week 7.
  Governance and scale Roles and permissions, components, versions, releases, basic roadmaps, cross-project views, managing dependencies, simple PI planning.
• Week 8. Capstone sprint Run Sprint 2 end-to-end. Deliver demo, retrospective, stakeholder memo, and a short video walkthrough of your Jira setup.