Professional Development

Lunch and Learn – Using Jira to manage project work at UCSF

Thursday, October 29 at 11:10 am - 12:00 pm Add to Calendar 2026-10-29 11:10:00 2026-10-29 12:00:00 Lunch and Learn – Using Jira to manage project work at UCSF Jira is a tool utilized to manage your project work from ideation to completion. Jira is a powerful project management tool to not structure your projects and their related deliverables, the application facilitates collaboration within your department to ensure that your project deadlines are achieved. During this session, we will walk through the basics of leveraging Jira in your work in addition to the following topics:  Agile Project Management Basics (e.g., Scrum and Kanban)  Sprints, Backlogs, and Backlog grooming  Creating and Structuring Projects (Epics, Stories (e.g., Story, Bug, and Enhancements)  Creating Work Items  Navigating Jira Boards  Developing Workflows in Jira  Introduction to Reports and Dashboards  The remainder of the session will feature a question and answer session to provide answers to your questions about Jira! This session will be recorded for those unable to attend this session live.  Register and join us!  UCSF IT Michael Marmon, [email protected] America/Los_Angeles public

Jira is a tool utilized to manage your project work from ideation to completion. Jira is a powerful project management tool to not structure your projects and their related deliverables, the application facilitates collaboration within your department to ensure that your project deadlines are achieved.

During this session, we will walk through the basics of leveraging Jira in your work in addition to the following topics: 

  • Agile Project Management Basics (e.g., Scrum and Kanban) 
  • Sprints, Backlogs, and Backlog grooming 
  • Creating and Structuring Projects (Epics, Stories (e.g., Story, Bug, and Enhancements) 
  • Creating Work Items 
  • Navigating Jira Boards 
  • Developing Workflows in Jira 
  • Introduction to Reports and Dashboards 

The remainder of the session will feature a question and answer session to provide answers to your questions about Jira! This session will be recorded for those unable to attend this session live. 

Register and join us! 

Professional Development