Setup Release Management in Jira in 20 mins (2026)

🎬 Set Up Release Management for Jira in 20 Minutes — Complete Guide

In this video, I’ll walk you through how to set up Release Management for Jira Cloud — step by step — so you can start tracking cross-project releases, sprints, and epics in minutes. You’ll learn how to build your release roadmap and calendar, automate release notes, and manage approvals, environments, and milestones effortlessly.

⏱️ Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
00:08 – Step 1: Define release management scope
00:44 – Step 2: Add properties and create cross-project releases
02:08 – Step 3: Use release properties, comments, history & DevOps integration
05:24 – Step 4: Define workflows, approvals, and quality gates
06:17 – Step 5: Explore roadmap, calendar & list views
06:28 – Step 6: Manage release packages and multi-component tracking
09:23 – Step 7: Add milestones to track intermediate steps
10:43 – Step 8: Set up environment inventory and link to releases
12:21 – Step 9: Automate release notes & export to Confluence
17:48 – Advanced setup overview

🚀 What you’ll learn:

Configure Release Management in Jira Cloud from scratch
Track releases across multiple projects
Build and visualize your release roadmap
Automate release notes with templates
Connect DevOps data, environments, and approval gates
Use milestones to control complex delivery cycles

🔗 Useful links:
Try Release Management for Jira: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/app...

Book a free demo: https://calendar.app.google/8RKbmYTwB...

Visit our blog: https://blog.releasemanagement.app/?s...

💡 Perfect for:
Jira admins, DevOps teams, and product managers who want a structured, automated, and visual release process in Jira Cloud.

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