JIRA Workflow sample

A sample JIRA workflow for software development using the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) typically includes the following stages: Requirements Gathering, Design, Development, Testing, Deployment, and Maintenance. Here's a breakdown of each stage with common JIRA statuses that might be used in the workflow:

### 1. **Requirements Gathering**

   - **Statuses:**

     - **Open:** The issue is created but not yet started.

     - **In Analysis:** The requirements are being gathered and analyzed.

     - **Ready for Design:** Requirements are finalized and approved.

### 2. **Design**

   - **Statuses:**

     - **In Design:** The design of the system or feature is being worked on.

     - **Design Review:** The design is under review by stakeholders or the team.

     - **Design Approved:** The design has been approved and is ready for development.

### 3. **Development**

   - **Statuses:**

     - **To Do:** The development task is identified but not started yet.

     - **In Progress:** Development work is currently ongoing.

     - **Code Review:** The code has been completed and is under review by peers.

     - **Ready for Testing:** The code has passed code review and is ready for testing.

### 4. **Testing**

   - **Statuses:**

     - **In Testing:** The feature or system is currently being tested (unit tests, integration tests, etc.).

     - **QA Review:** Quality assurance is reviewing the testing results.

     - **Bug Found:** If issues are identified during testing, the status can be moved here. It would then loop back to the development stage as needed.

     - **Passed Testing:** The testing has been completed, and the feature has passed all tests.

### 5. **Deployment**

   - **Statuses:**

     - **Ready for Deployment:** The feature or system is approved for deployment to the production environment.

     - **In Deployment:** The deployment process is currently in progress.

     - **Deployed:** The feature has been successfully deployed to production.

### 6. **Maintenance**

   - **Statuses:**

     - **Under Monitoring:** The deployed system is being monitored for any issues.

     - **Issue Identified:** An issue has been identified and logged, and it will be moved back into the development process for fixes.

     - **Closed:** The issue has been resolved, and the feature is working as expected without further concerns.

### Sample JIRA Workflow Overview

Here is how the flow between statuses might look:

1. **Open** ➔ **In Analysis** ➔ **Ready for Design**  

2. **In Design** ➔ **Design Review** ➔ **Design Approved**  

3. **To Do** ➔ **In Progress** ➔ **Code Review** ➔ **Ready for Testing**  

4. **In Testing** ➔ **QA Review** ➔ **Passed Testing** ➔ **Ready for Deployment**  

5. **In Deployment** ➔ **Deployed** ➔ **Under Monitoring** ➔ **Closed**

### Notes:

- The workflow allows for looping back if bugs are found during testing, and statuses like **Bug Found** can take the issue back to the **In Progress** status.

- JIRA allows you to customize workflows, so you can add or remove statuses as needed to match the specific needs of your software development process.