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 Duration 21 hours

Course Outline

Fundamentals of Linear

  • Examining Linear’s design philosophy and user interface
  • Grasping the structure of teams, projects, and cycles
  • Contrasting Linear with Jira and other conventional tools

Configuring Linear for Enterprise Use

  • Establishing organizations and administering permissions
  • Setting up SSO, SCIM, and security protocols
  • Oversight of multi-team visibility and access controls

Workflow Architecture and Refinement

  • Generating and supervising issues and projects
  • Structuring cycles, roadmaps, and key milestones
  • Customizing states, labels, and templates

Automation and AI-Driven Capabilities

  • Utilizing Linear’s native AI for triage and summary generation
  • Incorporating external LLMs such as Deepseek, LlaMA, Qwen, or Mistral Small
  • Building bespoke automations via the Linear API

Integration and Team Collaboration

  • Connecting with GitHub, GitLab, Slack, and Figma
  • Aligning commits and pull requests with Linear issues
  • Effective use of notifications and mention systems

Sophisticated Analytics and Reporting

  • Monitoring team velocity and key performance indicators
  • Deriving cycle insights and conducting trend analysis
  • Developing executive and stakeholder dashboards

Migration and Transition Strategy

  • Strategizing the transition from Jira, Trello, or Asana
  • Leveraging data import/export utilities and scripts
  • Facilitating team onboarding and establishing success criteria

Scaling Linear Organization-Wide

  • Efficiently managing multiple teams and projects
  • Architecting workflows suited for large enterprises
  • Upholding performance and governance benchmarks

Recap and Future Actions

Requirements

  • A solid grasp of agile software development methodologies
  • Practical experience with project or product management tools such as Jira or Trello
  • Foundational knowledge of software development workflows and team collaboration dynamics

Target Audience

  • Engineering managers and product leads
  • Project managers and agile coaches
  • DevOps and workflow automation engineers

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