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Listed below are a few features that make JIRA a great tool for software development. Check out our website to see more features.

1. Organize your backlog in GreenHopper

Your JIRA trial comes bundled with a GreenHopper evaluation license.
You should read through the GreenHopper 101 page and follow the configuration steps to get GreenHopper up and running to its fullest potential.
Using the GreenHopper planning board, you can schedule issues for a release using drag-and-drop.

How to Do It
  1. Select Planning Board from the Agile drop-down menu in the top navigation bar.
  2. Choose the project you'd like to schedule issues for from the drop-down menu next to the text "Planning Board".
  3. Select the release version (or Unreleased) you'd like to schedule issues for from the list of releases on the right-hand side of the screen.
  4. Drag cards from the planning board into any of the releases on the right.

Interested in GreenHopper? Watch a short video and learn about two features that can help you with planning sprints and organizing your backlog.

2. Generate burndown charts

If you've got a JIRA filter you'd like to keep track of, you can schedule a subscription that will email you periodically with updated results.

How to Do It
  1. Select "Manage Filters" from the Issues drop-down menu in the top navigation bar.
  2. Locate the desired filter and click the "Subscribe" link.
  3. Select Personal Subscription if you'd like the updates sent to only you, or a user group if you'd like it to go out to a number of people.
  4. Configure the remaining settings
  5. Click "Subscribe"

Check out the JIRA documentation to learn more about creating subscriptions in JIRA.

3. Vote on the issues you care about


If you've got a JIRA filter you'd like to keep track of, you can schedule a subscription that will email you periodically with updated results.

How to Do It
  1. Select "Manage Filters" from the Issues drop-down menu in the top navigation bar.
  2. Locate the desired filter and click the "Subscribe" link.
  3. Select Personal Subscription if you'd like the updates sent to only you, or a user group if you'd like it to go out to a number of people.
  4. Configure the remaining settings
  5. Click "Subscribe"

Check out the JIRA documentation to learn more about creating subscriptions in JIRA.

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