Integrate Jira with Azure DevOps Server
Bi-directional sync using OpsHub Integration Manager
The integration of Jira with Azure DevOps Server (TFS) ensures there is no scope for communication gaps or miscommunication between project management and development teams.
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Jira and Azure DevOps Server (TFS) Integration Overview
In an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) environment, the choice of systems, and the collaboration between the cross-functional teams play a great role in delivering quality solutions. While the choice of systems impacts the productivity of a team, the cross-functional collaboration helps the teams get complete context of the business requirements.
Best-of-breed systems such as Jira and Azure DevOps Server (TFS) bring rich functionalities to the ecosystem. By integrating Azure DevOps Server (TFS) with Jira, enterprises can seamlessly manage product development. The developers using Jira will have clear visibility into the exact feature requirements and real-time access to any changes/enhancements made to the requirements. On the other hand, Azure DevOps Server (TFS) users will have a complete view of how the development of a requirement is progressing.
How Jira and Azure DevOps Server (TFS) integration is beneficial for an enterprise
- Access to all test cases, defects, and QA plan
- Trace the requirement breakdown completely – access the features, stories, tasks associated with the requirement
- Developers are always up-to-date on feature requirements and associated updates
- Track the estimated and actual development efforts
- Get complete context of the business requirement and receive real-time updates when there is a change in the plan
- Coordinate on the delivery timelines seamlessly with concurrent updates on changes
With Jira and Azure DevOps Server (TFS) integration, enterprises can:
- Make better and faster decisions
- Enhance collaboration between business & backend teams
- Ensure complete traceability of all stories
- Ensure quality delivery in stipulated time
- Leverage the best of functionality and collaboration in he delivery ecosysytem
How OpsHub Integration Manager integrates Jira and Azure DevOps Server (TFS)
OpsHub Integration Manager integrates Azure DevOps Server (TFS) and Jira bidirectionally. It ensures that all historical and current data is available to each user, in that user’s preferred system, with full context, in real-time. All ‘requirements’ from Azure DevOps Server (TFS) automatically synchronize to Jira where they are broken down to ‘stories’. The completion of the story and the status of test results against it automatically synchronizes to Azure DevOps Server (TFS).
Steps to Integrate Jira and Azure DevOps Server (TFS)
- Step 1: Configure Jira and Azure DevOps Server (TFS) systems.
- Step 2: Configure the mapping.
- Step 2.1: Select the project and the Entities for mapping.
- Step 2.2: Map the fields of the selected entities.
- Step 3: Configure the integration.
- Step 4: Activate the integration.
Popularly synchronized entities
Use Case: Jira integration with Azure DevOps Server (TFS)
Problem statement: Development team uses Jira and project management team uses Azure DevOps Server (TFS). Both teams collaborate manually to exchange data and insights. This leads to miscommunication at multiple times.
Solution: When Jira and Azure DevOps Server (TFS) are bidirectionally integrated using OpsHub Integration Manager, there is no scope for communication gaps or miscommunication between project management and development teams.
- The Project Manager logs a ‘feature’ in Azure DevOps Server (TFS). The features synchronize to Jira.
- The development team breaks the feature down into ‘user stories’ in Jira.
- When the development team completes work on the ‘user stories’ and mark the ‘feature’ as complete, the status of ‘feature’ also synchronizes to Jira.
- In case the QA team reports a ‘defect’, the development team logs the ‘defect’ in Jira, the ‘defect’ also synchronizes to Azure DevOps Server (TFS). The Project Manager is, therefore, always up-to-date with progress of a requirement.
Benefits of integration for Jira and Azure DevOps Server (TFS) users
Azure DevOps Server (TFS) users
- Traceability for business requirements throughout
the ALM tool chain - Access to complete development plan & visibility into the progress of development work
- No dependency on manual communication for
making business decisions
Jira users
- Real-time updates on feature requirements and associated changes/enhancements
- Clear visibility into quality parameters and test results from Jira itself
- No manual efforts needed to keep product management teams updated on the development status
Frequently Asked Questions
To integrate Jira with TFS using OpsHub Integration Manager, you can follow these steps:
- In OIM, select Jira and TFS as the applications to be integrated.
- Map the fields between Jira and TFS. This step involves mapping the fields that will be synced between the two applications.
- Specify the type of integration you want to set up. For example, you may want to create a one-way integration that sends data from Jira to TFS, or a two-way integration that syncs data between the two applications.
- Set up the integration schedule. You can configure OpsHub Integration Manager to automatically sync data between Jira and TFS at specific intervals. For example, you can sync data every hour, or even every minute.
- Test the integration. Before deploying the integration, you should test it to ensure that it is working correctly.
- Deploy the integration. Once you have tested the integration and are satisfied that it is working correctly, you can deploy it to your production environment.
Yes, OpsHub’s technical support team is available to help customers with any technical issues they may encounter while using the Integration Manager. The support team can assist with installation and configuration, troubleshooting issues, and answering any questions about the software’s functionality.
Additionally, OpsHub provides documentation and resources such as user guides, knowledge base articles, and video tutorials to help users navigate the software and resolve any issues they may encounter.
- Increased visibility and collaboration.
- Streamlined workflows.
- Enhanced traceability.
- Improved reporting.
- Increased agility and flexibility.
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