Ask HN: How to do Jira and status reporting well as a first time manager?

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3 years ago

A while back I asked a question here about how to prepare for becoming a 1st time manager.^1 There were a couple of great answers including a link to Tales from a Red Had quality engineering manager^2 (that I still reference) and a ream of information^3 I’m still taking in.

Well now I am a manager.Things are going well so far, but two things I’m really struggling with are managing Jira and status reporting.

I know that status reporting is frowned upon in most enlightened circles regarding management but not doing it is not an option. Jira, and doing agile well, and managing Kanban boards are tractable problems but I feel completely out of my depth here most days. Any advice for doing both of these well?

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31708620 2. https://thenewstack.io/tales-from-a-red-hat-quality-engineering-manager/ 3. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31710673

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