Jira System Setup & Implementation

For cross-functional collaboration

In an effort of unifying ways of working within the UX Design organization and cross-functionally with partnering teams at VistaPrint, I had the opportunity to contribute to the Jira system setup for better team collaboration and to improve the way teams track progress in all stages of the product life cycles for eCommerce site.

Jira System Setup Diagram

Below are screenshots of the Jira system setup diagrams that I proposed. This setup allows collaboration cross-functionally across all product development teams, which had been approved by senior management.

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Jira System Setup Implementations

Workflow – from diagram (for planning) to implementation that allows all three teams — Product Management, UX Design, and Engineering — to work closely together.

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Custom filters were used to build several Advanced Roadmaps for different views as needed by different teams.

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I built this Advanced Roadmap to pull all new and active issues that have been assigned to UX Design team across the company.
(Includes company-managed and team-managed projects)

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Data Tables & Team Calendars in Jira

Besides utilizing Jira to track design projects, I built data tables to track other team projects and team calendars like the one below for the UX Design Team Weekly Meetings, which were embedded in Confluence pages as part of the knowledge-sharing workflow.

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Unify Jira setup within UX Design Team

Below is the actual Jira ticket that I used to track my effort of unifying Jira setup with the UX Design Team.

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I also create templates with common fields and custom fields for both Epic and Story issues, so that the same set of data can be pulled into one view with Advanced Roadmap. Below is a visual diagram of fields in the story issue template that I drafted using Miro with color codes representing the implementation on various boards.
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Even though this dinner event happened awhile ago, I still remember that evening vividly. Being invited as the guest of honor to this prestigious event was extraordinary. It was amazing to have a meal together with a room full of Master Masons, highly accomplished Commissioned Officers and Warrant Officers, past and present of the Uniformed Services of the United States. This dinner event was held at the Presidio's Officer Club. I attended a number of important events that took place in the Presidio during that period of my life before it turned into a National Park. This was one of them.

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What a way to kick start my career! Thank you, National Sojourners, Inc. Golden Gate Chapter No. 18, for your support and recognition.