Integrating Project Management & CI/CD with Jira and GitHub

About this course

Two-part workshop. Part 1: integrate Jira and GitHub for issue tracking, bug tracking and team productivity dashboards. Part 2: build CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions that automatically update Jira sprints, release tickets and create issues on pipeline failures.

What you'll achieve

• Connect Jira and GitHub for end-to-end visibility
• Track GitHub issues and bugs from Jira dashboards
• Set up your first GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline
• Automate Jira sprint updates from GitHub
• Auto-create Jira tickets on pipeline failures

Curriculum

1. Module 1

   Jira ↔ GitHub Integration

   Webhook setup · OAuth · Verification & troubleshooting

2. Module 2

   Issue & Bug Tracking from Jira

   JQL · Mapping labels & milestones

3. Module 3

   Team Productivity Dashboards

   Custom dashboards · GitHub metrics in Jira

4. Module 4

   GitHub Actions Basics

   First pipeline · YAML scripts

5. Module 5

   Automated Deployment

   Build & deploy · Approval gates · Notifications

6. Module 6

   Update Jira from GitHub Actions

   Sprint releases · Post-deploy hooks

7. Module 7

   Auto-create Jira on Pipeline Fail

   Failure hooks · Issue customisation

Who this is for

• DevOps engineers
• Software developers in Agile teams
• Project managers in technical projects
• QA & system administrators

Tools & technologies

Prerequisites

• GitHub account
• Jira Cloud access
• Basic Git