Displaying agile reports
As we saw in Chapter 2, Jira Software for Scrum and Chapter 3, Jira Software for Kanban, Jira comes with a number of reports that you can generate to get a better understanding of how your project is tracking. However, they often require you to go to your board and then generate the report manually. A better way to display and share information on your project is to take advantage of some of Jira's built-in collaboration features.
Using the Jira dashboard
The easiest way to display and share your project and sprint progress with everyone is to use the dashboard feature from Jira. A dashboard acts as a portal page for your project, and you can display different information about your project by adding gadgets onto the dashboard.
Jira comes with a number of gadgets that are designed specifically to display agile related information, including:
- Sprint burndown gadget: This displays a burndown chart of your sprint on the dashboard. The chart will be automatically updated...
