Creating projects

To create a new project, the easiest way is to select the Create Project menu option from the Projects drop-down menu from the top navigation bar. This will bring up the create project dialog. Note that, as we explained, you need to be a JIRA Administrator (such as the user we created during installation) to create projects. This option is only available if you have the permission.

When creating a new project in JIRA, we need to first select the type of project we want to create, from a list of project templates. Project template, as the name suggests, acts as a blueprint template for the project. Each project template has a predefined set of configurations such as issue type and workflows. For example, if we select the Simple ...

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