Quick summary
A spike story in Jira is a Story work item labeled "Spike" used to track research or investigation tasks in an agile sprint. This demo shows how to create and label a spike story in Jira Software in under a minute.
Steps
- In your Jira space, head to the top of the interface and click 'Create'.
- Choose the project space where you want to add the spike story.
- Make sure 'Story' is selected as the Work Type.
- Fill in all necessary details such as Status, Summary, Priority, Description, and any other available fields.
- Click the 'Labels' menu and type 'Spike' in the search field.
- Select 'Spike' from the suggested results to apply the label.
- Click 'Create' to submit and save the issue.
- Confirm that your spike story has been successfully created and added to your Jira space.
