Plug-ins in JIRA

JIRA plugins are software that users can install to improve the functionality of JIRA. These are commonly referred to as “apps” or “add-ons” at Atlassian. There are over 3000 unique plugins and nearly 1000 vendors in the Atlassian Marketplace.

There are popular JIRA plugins for almost every need, and sifting through them to find the best one for your organization can be a tedious process. To save you time, here’s a list of 10 high-quality plugins covering a variety of use cases. 

1. Zephyr for JIRA: Zephyr is a robust test case management tool that allows users to create test plans and associate them with specific Jira issues and types. The app has a folder structure that logically groups tests within cycles. These test cycles can be planned ad-hoc or structured.
2. Automation: Automation automates routine Jira processes and workflows. As projects grow in scope and more users participate, Jira admins spend hours on activities like creating issues, prioritizing them, and adding comments. Automation removes this overhead by allowing administrators to configure rule-based actions using simple visual building blocks. The learning curve is minimized because you don’t have to write custom scripts.
3. Email This Issue: Email This Issue provides Jira users with a variety of useful email features. The Titles feature allows users to email issues from within Jira without having to switch to a different email client. Emails can be sent to certain types of recipients within Jira Officers or Reporters, and External Email Addresses. Users can also track emails on specific issues and automatically receive notifications when specific events or workflow transitions occur. It also makes it easy to create custom email forms using its powerful templating capabilities.
4. eazyBI Reports and Charts for JIRA: Jira contains a comprehensive repository of project information that can be mined with eazyBI for business intelligence. eazyBI can also generate reports and charts to visualize Jira’s rich data and embed this data into dashboards for regular monitoring. A drag-and-drop report builder simplifies the creation of these visualizations. Available visualization types include tables, scatter plots, bar charts, line charts, and pie charts.
5. JSU Automation Suite for JIRA Workflows: JSU Automation Suite is a script-free workflow automation app. It helps automate repetitive tasks and keep data in sync and consistent across related issues. Administrators can set prerequisites that must be met before performing post functions using JSU. This is a way to define additional processes that need to run during migration.
6. ScriptRunner: ScriptRunner offers advanced automation capabilities at the expense of complexity. ScriptRunner lets you customize standard Jira workflows, behaviors, and form fields in Groovy, an open-source scripting engine. ScriptRunner is also great for creating custom reports using advanced Jira Query Language functions, keywords, and subqueries.
7. BigPicture: BigPicture is a project portfolio management tool that helps you manage resources, risks, roadmaps, and tasks across multiple projects. BigPicture lets you create and manage collections of Jira projects called programs. The plugin’s dashboard provides valuable insight into dependencies between applications based on information from Jira projects.
8. Git Integration: Git integration unifies Jira and Git code repositories so developers and reviewers don’t have to switch between the two applications. This plugin supports all Git servers including GitLab, GitHub, and Beanstalk.
9. BigGantt: BigGantt integrates with Jira to provide Gantt charts that automatically reflect updates to issues. A drag-and-drop interface allows users to easily visualize schedules and resource dependencies. BigGantt helps users track due dates and status and can automatically generate a work breakdown structure. Additionally, BigGantt content can be exported to MS Excel and MS Project using another Jira plugin called BigTemplate.
10. Tempo Timesheets: Tempo Timesheets help you track time spent on projects in Jira. You can use it to record your work in several ways to automatically sync activities and accounts for vacations and other activities. Managers can easily access team members’ timesheets and approve or reject them in bulk. Tempo is also a great data source for creating reports, understanding where your time is spent, and increasing your productivity.

JIRA is a software development tool used for project management and issue tracking. It is a popular tool among software development teams to plan, track, and release software projects. JIRA provides a centralized platform for managing tasks, bugs, and other types of issues and it helps teams to organize and prioritize their work. The tool integrates with other software development tools and has a variety of customizable features and workflows that allow teams to adapt it to their specific needs. Additionally, JIRA also provides various reporting and dashboard features that help teams stay on top of their work and make data-driven decisions.
JIRA supports multiple languages including English, French, etc. It is a platform-independent tool. A 30-day free trial version is available on JIRA. 

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