A comprehensive guide to our structured Jira workflow process from development to production deployment.
At Vanitech, we implement a comprehensive Jira workflow that provides transparency, accountability, and clarity across the entire software development lifecycle. Our structured workflow ensures consistent quality, effective collaboration, and successful delivery of projects to our clients.
Tasks that have been prioritized from the backlog and assigned to developers for the current sprint. Each ticket contains detailed acceptance criteria and clear requirements.
Developers actively working on coding tasks. Regular commits to feature branches with descriptive commit messages ensure transparency and traceability.
Developers perform initial unit and integration testing on their local environments before opening a pull request for code review.
Tasks facing impediments that prevent progress. Each blocked item includes documented reasons and required actions to unblock, with regular follow-ups during daily stand-ups.
Issues returned from QA or UAT with detailed reproduction steps, severity ratings, and screenshots/recordings of the problem for faster resolution.
Features that have passed code review and are deployed to the integration environment for formal testing. Code has been merged to the development branch and automatically deployed.
QA engineers perform thorough testing including functional, regression, integration, and automated testing against documented requirements and test cases.
All features have been verified by the QA team as meeting the defined requirements and quality standards. Test evidence has been attached and documented for full traceability. The ticket is now ready for deployment to the UAT environment.
Features that have passed QA testing are deployed to the UAT environment for client review. Release notes documenting all changes are provided to the client team.
Client stakeholders validate features against business requirements in a staging environment that mirrors production conditions.
Client provides formal sign-off or rejection with detailed feedback. Approved features proceed to production planning while rejected items return to development with clear instructions.
UAT-approved features are scheduled for release with comprehensive deployment documentation, rollback procedures, and change management approval.
Features deployed to the live environment following scheduled maintenance windows and with minimal disruption to end users. Deployment metrics are recorded.
Features successfully operating in production with performance metrics meeting or exceeding expectations. Project documentation is finalized and knowledge transfer completed.
Our Jira workflow is customizable to meet the specific needs of each project while maintaining our core principles of quality, transparency, and efficiency throughout the software development lifecycle.
Our carefully designed Jira workflow shown in the diagram above provides several tangible benefits to projects:
Whether you're looking to implement a structured Jira workflow for your team, optimize your existing processes, or need guidance on best practices for project management, Vanitech can help you establish efficient workflows that improve visibility and deliver better results.
Contact us or email us at [email protected] to learn more about our project management services.
