GitHub Issues and Projects for Teams
1h 7mBeginner2022-10-28
Authors

Teresa Luz Miller
Web Developer
Course details
With the plethora of issue-tracking tools out there, it can be challenging and confusing to plan and execute collaboration between and within teams. Github Issues, alongside Projects, can maximize autonomy and productivity within your organization, covering all points of a cross-functional team, including engineering, product, and design on one platform. In this course, instructor Teresa Luz Miller helps you help your team members learn how to effectively communicate with each other on the same platform to ensure productivity and collaboration is set across all levels of a team. Teresa guides you through the basics of creating an issue, using task lists, adding assignees, and linking pull requests. She shows you how to manage labels and milestones and use templates. Teresa goes over ways to manage issues, create a project, attach and remove existing issues, manage iterations, and more. Plus, she explains best practices for teamwork planning, as well as managing issues and projects.
Skills covered
Project Management SoftwareVersion ControlGitHubSoftware Development ToolsProject ManagementBusiness Software and ToolsSoftware DevelopmentDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Collaboration at its finest with GitHub issues and projects
- 02 - What you should know
1. Basics of Issues
- 03 - Creating an issue
- 04 - Using task lists
- 05 - Adding assignees
- 06 - Linking pull requests
- 07 - Managing labels
- 08 - Managing milestones
- 09 - Using templates
- 10 - Challenge - DIY issue
- 11 - Solution - DIY issue
2. Managing Issues
- 12 - Marking duplicates
- 13 - Closing and deleting an issue
- 14 - Pinning an issue
- 15 - Viewing all issues
3. Basics of Projects
- 16 - Creating a project
- 17 - Attaching and removing issues to and from a project board
- 18 - Toggling view and layout
- 19 - Managing iterations
- 20 - Automation through workflows
- 21 - Challenge - DIY project
- 22 - Solution - DIY project
4. Combining Knowledge
- 23 - Using issues and projects for teamwork planning
- 24 - Best practices for managing issues and projects
Conclusion
- 25 - Next steps
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