101 question: How to Add a Column?

[Preston]

I'm going through the Coursera certification program for Jira.  One of the tasks has the following instructions, but I can't seem to find the button to Add Column. Am I really overlooking it, or has an update rolled out with a different path?  (I have the free version.)

Under the Columns tab of your board settings, verify that the Add status button is enabled. Even though we won't click this button directly in this lab, you need to have the permissions to add a status to the workflow. If the Add status button is not enabled, you need to add yourself as a project administrator for the project. These steps do not apply if you are using the free plan. 

With your project selected, click Project settings.

Click People.

Click Add people and add yourself (type in your email address to find yourself) with a role of Administrators .

Navigate back to the board settings for your board and verify that the Add status button is
now enabled.

2. Under the Columns tab of your board settings, click the Add column button.

3. In the Add column window, name the column Review and specify a category of In Progress .
Click Add to add the column to the board.

4. You should now see the Review column before the Done column. Below the blue bar, you should see that Jira has created a REVIEW status for you, matching the name of your column. The text of the REVIEW status is blue, indicating that the category for the REVIEW status is In Progress . In the REVIEW status, the Set resolution checkbox should remain UNCHECKED. Checking this would set an issue's resolution field when it is moved to the Review status. We don't want to check this, because checking it would mean that issues in this status were resolved or closed. 

5. Click the Back to board link in the upper right. You should see the Review column on your board

[Preston]

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[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @Preston 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

We need more context.

At some point in this course you were directed to create a project, I am assuming, and you are now trying to execute these steps in the context of the project you created.

We need to know the type of project with which you are now working.

You can get that information from the Type column on the View all projects page under the Projects menu.

We also need to know what instructions the course provided you for creating the project so that we can ensure the project you created matches the expectation to be able to execute the steps you are now facing.

[Preston]

Hi @Trudy Claspill - thank you for jumping into assist, much appreciated!!

The Type of project I am working on is a Company-managed software. 

I don't see an attachment feature to attach PDFs to this comment box, so please see this share drive that contains...

- the current assignment I'm working on

- the previous assignment I worked on to get this point

https://drive.proton.me/urls/H740SFNKVC#FRr4aNVbcKRQ

Glad to answer any other questions. 

[Trudy Claspill]

Thanks for that additional information @Preston 

The UI has changed since that course was created. There button for adding a column is no longer labeled "Add Column". Instead it just shows a "+".

[Preston]

@Trudy Claspill  so this is what I see on my Board.  Am I overlooking this Create column feature?

https://drive.proton.me/urls/H740SFNKVC#FRr4aNVbcKRQ

Please see this image in the share drive, I keep getting an error when trying to add the image to the comment box

[Preston]

@Trudy Claspill  

[Trudy Claspill]

Based on the image you shared, you have not "navigated back to the board settings". You need to do that first.