Four ways software developers can work smarter, not harder, with Workflow Steps for Jira

Workflow Steps for Jira connects Jira and Slack seamlessly to improve how you manage your work, communicate with your team, and deliver value to your customers.

Sounds good? Let us explain more.

You have a lot on your plate as a software developer, right? Not only is it important to keep track of your daily tasks and projects, but you also need a quick and easy way to communicate with your team and share updates.

And although Jira does a great job of helping you manage tasks, it falls short when it comes to quick conversations with your team. But wait, that's what Slack is for, right? Correct. However, there's one major drawback.

Endless task-switching.

If you are tracking in Jira and chatting in Slack, you will find yourself constantly switching between both tools to get work done. This is not only time-consuming and frustrating, but it also disrupts your concentration. Think about it this way: if you are tracking tasks in Jira and communicating with your team on Slack, what's happening in between? The answer is simple—miscommunication and the possibility of mistakes! Additionally, your productivity will take a hit as it takes workers an average of 9.5 minutes to return to a productive workflow after switching between digital apps.

The good news is, with Workflow Steps for Jira, you can easily overcome this challenge (and more, besides!). By connecting Jira and Slack seamlessly, you will spend less time switching between them, allowing you to accomplish more in less time. Here's how.

With Workflow Steps for Jira, you can track, action, and collaborate on Jira issues right from Slack. By keeping teams focused in Slack, workflow creators can request only the details that matter in Jira tickets. This means users can quickly create Jira tickets from Slack and move on with their work.

As a result, Slack becomes your control room for creating and managing Jira tasks. Here are some of the tasks you can do without leaving Slack:

Picture the scene. You and your development team discuss a Jira ticket in Slack; once you're done, you have to update it in Jira with everything you agreed upon, which involves a lot of copy-pasting. What joy! You would probably rather do so many other things instead of wading through chat conversations to gather all the necessary information between Jira and Slack. It's a painful, time-consuming, and tedious process for everyone involved.

Workflow Steps for Jira allows you to communicate with your team via Slack and break down complex features into manageable steps. Using an emoji reaction, you can easily turn team chat messages into Jira tasks that you and your team can execute. Everything you discussed and agreed on will be right there in Jira, simplifying and speeding up the whole process.

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Managing data quality in Jira is a never-ending battle. When multiple users create tickets in Jira, it's easy for things to spiral out of control and for standards to slip. With Workflow Steps for Jira, you can eliminate data chaos and create consistency. In a few easy steps, the structure and content of every ticket can be standardised—creating a common, consistent, and accurate way to capture requests.

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Software development doesn't happen in a vacuum, of course. A high level of collaboration is involved, involving multiple teams, departments and stakeholders. As a result, one of the biggest challenges facing software developers is how to communicate effectively with non-technical teams and business leaders.

Through Workflow Steps for Jira, you can create a bridge between the two tools, allowing people who don't have a technical background to use Slack as their preferred front-end. In this way, users can provide feedback and report bugs through Slack. They won't need to go into Jira if they don't want to, and they don't even have to have an account in Jira. If you add a review step to your workflow, your team can even review requests in Slack before they're added to the backlog.

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