Quick summary
Writing a Jira story involves creating a new issue of type Story on your Kanban board, filling in the summary, description, priority, team, and label fields using the standard user story format. This step-by-step walkthrough shows exactly how to structure and submit a Jira user story from start to finish.
Steps
- Hit Create on your Kanban board to open the new issue dialog.
- Choose the Issue type: Story.
- Add a Summary and enter the user story content in the Description section.
- Note: a user story is an informal, general explanation of a software feature written from the perspective of the end user.
- In the Description, follow this format: As a <type of user>, I want <some goal> so that <some reason>.
- Choose Priority appropriately and select a Team.
- Attach a Label to the story and hit Create.
- Confirm the prompt confirming your issue is created successfully.
