Exploring the JIRA workspace

Main Areas of the Workspace

• Dashboard: a customizable home screen with gadgets showing activity, assigned issues, and reports.
• Boards: Scrum or Kanban boards visualizing the workflow of issues.
• Backlog: the list of issues not yet scheduled into a sprint.
• Issue Navigator: a searchable, filterable list of all issues.
• Projects menu: quick access to all projects the user is part of.

Getting Oriented

New users typically start from the Dashboard to see what is assigned to them, then move into a specific project's board to see the current sprint's progress.