1. RAPID WORKFLOW DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT DESIGNING FOR DEVELOPERS

2. BUILD ON SUCCESS THANKS TO CHRIS GRIJALVA AUSTIN ATLASSIAN USER GROUP - JIRA WORKFLOW CUSTOMIZATION JANUARY 9, 2013 REESE GIBBONS SCHMIT GREENHOPPER AND DASHBOARDS

3. DESIGNING FOR DEVELOPERS LANGUAGE STAY WITH WHAT WORKS SUPPORT YOUR DEFINITION OF DONE USE THE TOOLS RAPID HAS VALUE

4. OPEN IS PREFERRED ACTORS ACTIONS STATUS VISUALIZE AND ANALYZE REDUCE TESTING SIMPLIFY

5. JIRA’S VISUALIZATION TOOLKIT DOT WORKFLOW DESIGNER

6. START WITH WORKFLOW DESIGNER CREATE ALL NEEDED STATUSES USING WORKFLOW DESIGNER CREATE EVERY POSSIBLE TRANSITION IN YOUR WORKFLOW FROM THE FIRST STATUS CREATE A WORKFLOW WITH ALL YOUR TRANSITIONS FROM THE FIRST STEP

7. EXPORT NEW WORKFLOW TO XML HELPFUL TO HAVE XML EDITOR! HTTP://WWW.OPENSYMPHONY.COM/

8. MOVE ALL DEFINED STEPS TO THE COMMON BLOCK REDUCE DEVELOPMENT TIME (NO NEED TO DEFINE THE SAME TRANSITION MORE THAN ONCE) REDUCE TESTING (NO NEED TO TEST THE SAME TRANSITION FROM MULTIPLE STATUS)

9. IMPORT XML BACK INTO JIRA MANAGE CHANGES TO THE WORKFLOW USING STANDARD JIRA TOOLS BACKUP / RESTORE MOVE TO TESTING ENVIRONMENTS MAKE ANY NEW CHANGES USING THE GUI EDITOR