JIRA - Project



A Project contains issues; a JIRA project can be called as a collection of issues. A JIRA Project can be of several types. For example −

  • Software Development Project
  • Marketing Project
  • Migration to other platform project
  • Help Desk Tracking Project
  • Leave Request Management System
  • Employee Performance System
  • Website Enhancement

Create a New Project

To create a project, the user should login as a JIRA Service Desk Admin and then Click on Project → Create Project.

The following screenshot shows how to reach to the Create Project button from the Dashboard.

Create Project

Choose the type of Project that suits your requirement and the process it should follow.

The following screenshot displays the type of projects available in JIRA.

Types Of Project

Once the type of project is selected, click on Next. The user will see the flow of the project based on the selection. Here, we have selected Basic Software development.

The following screenshot displays the available issue types and the workflow for the chosen project in the step mentioned above −

Basic Software development

Click on the Select button, enter the name of the project and confirm the Key that the user wants to display as a reference in all the issues. Once this is done, click on the Submit button.

The following screenshot displays the fields to provide details before the creation of a project.

Creation Of Project

The page having issues will display. The following screenshot displays whether any issues are linked with a new created project.

All Issues
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