Practical JIRA Administration: Using JIRA Effectively: Beyond the Documentation

We had been using JIRA Studio (hosted version) for about 6 months when this book came out. Most of whats in this book I figured out during that 6 month period but reading it has helped me understand and structure things properly. It has helped me tremendously with planning and designing new JIRA projects going forward. We are getting even more out of JIRA as a result of this book.This book can be read while creating examples on JIRA in one afternoon. If you are a JIRA admin wanting to get the most out of JIRA, give this book a go!

Has good tips to set up an Enterprise configuration for Jira. Explains impact of custom configurations.

The book is pretty thin and easy to read. If you have used JIRA or ideally has some admin experience. this one may be for you. If you are just in IT field and want to check out JIRA admin certification, I don't feel the book is right for you. It is more of a best practice, or more likely to be FAQs type; far away from a reference for certification. I hope this helps. Author certainly knows the stuff though.

If you are looking for best practices for using JIRA, look no further than this book.

This is a good intro to jira administration. I learned many of its lessons already, the hard way. If you are new to jira administration, this is a good quick read to help pull all the documentation together.

Good concepts of Jira admin

I've been teaching myself Jira administration for 3 weeks. The screen schemes, field configuring, & workflows can be very confusing. I found very little of value on those topics in this book. I expected to learn the ins & outs of how those parts work together, any potential 'gotchas', & why things are done a certain way. That did not happen. The Atlassian documentation is extensive, dry, & at times difficult to use, which is why I bought this book. I am normally a huge fan of the O'Reilly books & have a background in computer programming & unix administration. I expected much more & I too feel ripped off after paying full price for this book. Half the price would be more appropriate, and I say that as someone accustomed to paying a lot for computer books. Perhaps this book is TOO concise.

Arrived as described.