Glossary

Agile

Agile is a modern approach to project management allowing the project to be dynamic and evolve its requirements during the… Read more »

Bug

A “Bug” in Jira terminology is a piece of work, that indicates there is something malfunctioning in a software and… Read more »

Confluence

Confluence is a corporate system for document management. It was developed by australian company Atlassian. Read more: https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/guides/get-started/confluence-overview Read more »

Epic

An epic (in Jira terminology) is a piece of work, that can be split into segmented work (story). An epic… Read more »

Gantt chart

A Gantt chart is one of the many techniques to visualise the project plan. A Gantt chart is usually created… Read more »

Issue

An “issue” or “issue type” is a terminology most commonly used in Jira to describe a general category of work… Read more »

Jira

Is a software for improving project management services in a company. Jira has 3 versions: Jira Cloud Jira Data Center… Read more »

PRINCE2

PRINCE2 is a project management methodology focused on project output. The acronym means Projects in controlled environment (PR IN C… Read more »

Story

A “Story” or a “User Story” in Jira terminology is a work to be done expressed (in text) as “persona… Read more »

Subtask

A “Subtask” in Jira terminology is a part (or a building block) of a particular Issue in Jira. For example… Read more »

Task

A “Task” in Jira terminology indicates a particular piece of work to be done. It is important to note, that… Read more »

Waterfall

Waterfall is a project management approach suitable for larger-scale project, for example in financial and banking industry or government projects.… Read more »