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Jira Workflow Automation & Optimization Specialization

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Jira Workflow Automation & Optimization Specialization

Optimize Agile Teams With Jira Automation. Learn to configure, automate, and optimize Jira workflows for agile project success.

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Intermediate level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Configure Jira projects, workflows, and automation rules to standardize processes and improve team efficiency.

  • Analyze agile metrics and craft dashboards to identify bottlenecks and communicate project health to stakeholders.

  • Build data-driven business cases for automation and evaluate tools to optimize Jira environments.

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January 2026

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Specialization - 6 course series

What you'll learn

  • Apply Agile principles and Scrum roles to analyze common team challenges and recommend effective solutions for better collaboration and outcomes.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Team Management
Category: Backlogs
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Cross-Functional Collaboration
Category: Resilience
Category: Sprint Planning
Category: Project Management
Category: Team Leadership
Category: Sprint Retrospectives
Category: User Story
Category: Case Studies
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Scrum (Software Development)
Category: Team Building

What you'll learn

  • Apply standardized Jira configurations for project visibility, consistency, and governance alignment across teams.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Jira (Software)
Category: Stakeholder Management
Category: Scalability
Category: Project Management Software
Category: Project Design
Category: Governance
Category: System Configuration
Category: Risk Mitigation
Category: Workflow Management
Category: Configuration Management
Category: Project Controls

What you'll learn

  • Apply story mapping to organize large initiatives and use retrospective data to identify and address systemic impediments for continuous improvement.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Performance Metric
Category: Sprint Retrospectives
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Operational Analysis
Category: Prioritization
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Root Cause Analysis
Category: Collaborative Software
Category: Release Management
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Descriptive Analytics
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Continuous Improvement Process
Category: Product Roadmaps
Category: Sprint Planning
Category: Project Planning
Category: Jira (Software)
Category: Backlogs
Category: User Story
Category: Team Performance Management

What you'll learn

  • Learners will assess backlog health using metrics and implement a Definition of Ready (DoR) in Jira to ensure user story quality and team efficiency.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Agile Product Development
Category: Process Development
Category: User Story
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Continuous Improvement Process
Category: Backlogs
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Sprint Planning
Category: Process Design
Category: Quality Assurance
Category: Workflow Management
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: Jira (Software)
Category: Standard Operating Procedure
Category: Prioritization
Category: Project Estimation

What you'll learn

  • Configure Jira workflows to model team processes and analyze usage data to identify and resolve bottlenecks, improving efficiency.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Process Analysis
Category: Configuration Management
Category: Process Improvement
Category: Business Process
Category: Jira (Software)
Category: Process Improvement and Optimization
Category: Process Optimization
Category: Business Workflow Analysis
Category: Process Design
Category: Workflow Management
Category: Automation
Category: Performance Metric

What you'll learn

  • Learners will use AI to automate Jira release notes and analyze AI model outputs to improve data categorization accuracy through performance metrics.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Automation
Category: AI Workflows
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Verification And Validation
Category: Technical Communication
Category: Jira (Software)
Category: Model Evaluation
Category: Quality Assessment
Category: Benchmarking
Category: Business Process Automation
Category: Software Documentation
Category: Generative AI
Category: Data Validation
Category: Technical Documentation

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