General Introduction

This page is meant to provide a general overview of how the OLE and OLETS Jira Projects are used in the OLE QA Testing process. Wherever possible, this page will include links to both other pages in this wiki and external resources for more detailed information on a given subject.

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What is Jira?

Issue Tracking Software

Jira is a web-based Issue-Tracking Software application. Issue Tracking Software (ITS) is primarily used in software development to track the progress of issues related to the software's function. The issues tracked could be tasks to complete in order to establish a given function, requests to repair bugs in existing functions, requests from users to add new features, and a number of other development related tasks.

Jira is highly configurable, and can be customized to track a number of issue types in each installation. All of the above issue types are used in Kuali's Jira installation, as well as a number of others, largely tailored to the type of development process used by a given software project.

Jira Projects

In a single installation, Jira can host a number of projects. Each project roughly represents a single software development effort, with a myriad of issues being tracked independently, divided by type. Each Kuali application has its own Jira project, and some applications have multiple Jira projects. Issues can be interrelated across Jira projects, which is helpful for a community like Kuali, where our software often depends on other Kuali components, like Rice (for document routing and workflow control) or Kuali Financial System (for purchasing and invoicing functionality).

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