Jobin had started his career as a Java/J2EE Developer in one of the biggest IT companies in India. After spending the initial years in the SOA world, he got hooked into this amazing product called JIRA, which he came across during the evaluation of third-party products for a requirements management solution. Soon Jobin realized the power of JIRA and pledged to spread the word. He has been doing it ever since, and reckons there is a long way to go!
Jobin runs a website named "J Tricks Little JIRA Tricks" (http://www.j-tricks.com). He has written numerous tutorials to help the developer community, who he thinks has contributed immensely to his personal development. It is indeed those tutorials that sowed the first seeds for this book.
Acknowledgment
No book is the product of just the author he just happens to be the one with his name on the cover.
A number of people contributed to the success of this book, and it would take more space than I have to thank each one individually.
First of all, thanks to the Almighty God for helping me to sail through the difficulties in this short life and for making my life as wonderful as it is now.
The next biggest thanks go to my Acquisition editor, Amey Kanse, who patiently explained to me every single doubt I threw at him and made me feel at home through the entire process of writing this book. Thank you, Amey, for believing in me and for being a wonderful guide through this process. Special thanks should go to Mary Nadar, who recognized the author in me, Leena Purkait, the Project coordinator for this book, and Alina Lewis, the Development editor of the book. Also thanks to the entire Packt Publishing team for working so diligently to help bring out a high quality product.
It is amazing to work with a team of talented developers and technical geeks. I am fortunate to work with such teams throughout my career, and it just makes you fall in love with the work. In particular, thanks are due to each and every member of the 'STORM team', 'PD&B team', and 'RAMP team'. Your encouragement and support were invaluable to me you guys rock!
I must also thank the talented JIRA community who are instrumental in helping each other, sharing solutions, being active on the forums, running user groups, and what not. I am just one of the many who benefited.
Before I wind up, thank you, Atlassian, for giving us JIRA and a set of other wonderful products. You don't realize how much easier you are making our lives!
Last, but not least, a big thank you to the Go2group for the reception that you have given, the support extended in writing this book, and for believing in my capabilities.
About the Reviewers
Fidel Castro Armario has been working for Spanish Public Administration (Junta de Andaluca) since 2000 as a Consultant and Software Engineer. During his career, he specialized in business process design, implementation and optimization, and software QA. Since 2008, he is focused on designing and implementing a whole system of processes based on JIRA for IT departments management, IT services outsourcing, and CRM implementation.
He has a passion for designing highly detailed and accurate workflows, with self-explanatory interfaces, which are teamwork-oriented and aimed for work efficiency. He employs for his work a self-developed methodology, enabling implementation of high complexity processes, keeping maintenance and administration cost at low levels.
JIRA Workflow Toolbox plugin is a comprehensive workflow extension developed by Fidel as support for his work and is available at the Atlassian Plugin Exchange site.
My deepest gratitude goes to so many people who have trusted me and supported my efforts. Without them, I couldn't have carried out any of my projects on JIRA.
I would like to dedicate my work to my wife, Carmen, and my son, Felipe, for their support and understanding for the many hours I devoted to review this book.
Dawid Kowalski is a third year student at Pozna University of Technology in Poland. He is currently employed at Wolters Kluwer as a Software Developer and works on JIRA-related projects. He is ambitious, hard-working, and organized. He is active in the scientific club and works there on optimization problems. He is also the captain of the Imagine Cup 2010 and 2011 semi-finalist team.
I would like to thank my closest friends and family for continuous support and encouragement.
Sergey Markovich is currently a co-founder of Plugenta Labs, a company focusing on the development of add-ons to enterprise software and an independent Atlassian JIRA and Confluence contractor.
In the past, a code wizard in several multinational corporations and startups and a Bachelor in Computer Science.
I want to thank my mom and dad for giving me birth and growing me up the way you did it. Everything I have in my life I it owe to you.
I also want to say warm words to everybody involved with Plugenta Labs. It's a real pleasure to work with you and I keep learning from you every day.
Marcin Zrda specializes in Business Analysis and Quality Assurance. He has many years of experience as a programmer and designer. He is the author of many articles on JIRA and the owner of the http://www.testandtry.com blog. He has implemented JIRA for many departments for more than 600 employees. He is currently directing the department of business analysis for a large international company.