Jellyfish’s Jira Best Practices guide outlines five ways to improve engineering operations. It recommends structuring projects based on business relevance rather than defaulting to teams, balancing workflow consistency with autonomy, and automating processes by linking Jira to tools like Git and PagerDuty. Hierarchical organization using Epics, Stories, Themes, and Initiatives helps align engineering work with strategy, while classifying Epics by investment category, product theme, or business objective improves allocation tracking. These practices reduce Jira complexity, enhance reporting, and ensure engineering resources are focused on impactful work.

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