Are there any good docs explaining the difference between a Project Admin and Jira Admin?

[ian.johnsen]

Are there any good docs explaining the difference between a Project Admin and Jira Admin?

I need to relay this info to people at our company. I am not finding any simple/easy to understand docs online or diagrams.

Or even a doc listing all the permissions of a Project Admin and a doc listing all the permissions of a Jira Admin. 

Thanks!

[Datta Borude]

Hi Ian,

Greetings for the day!

Please refer below Atlassian documents.

https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/how-do-jira-permissions-work/

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiracloud/managing-global-permissions-776636359.html

Hope it will help you.

Thank you,

Datta Borude

[ian.johnsen]

Hey @Datta Borude -

Thanks for the quick response! I actually already came across those docs haha. What I really need is a doc breaking down the difference between the 2 roles and their permissions. What they can and cannot do. A chart would be best. I haven't been able to find anything like that. I am trying to reduce the amount of Jira admins we have and there is some confusion around the difference between the 2 roles. I might need to just put together my own doc, but was hoping to to point people to an official Atlasssian doc.

[Sachin]

As per https://training.atlassian.com/learning-paths/jira-admin

Jira Administrator

• Configures and administers Jira Software, Jira Core and/or Jira Service Desk, and related products such as apps
• Manages global settings including users and groups, roles, global permissions, and schemes
• Creates projects, sets up project permissions, and assigns Jira project administrators

Jira Project Administrator

• A team member who configures the Jira project to match the team’s processes. Works with the Jira administrator if the configuration requires global changes.
• Tasks include configuring project boards, setting up sprints, assigning team members to roles and creating reports.
• The Jira project administrator may be a product owner, product manager, project manager, scrum master, developer lead or power user.

[ian.johnsen]

@Sachin - 

Thanks for the info! I am actually Jira Admin certified and went thru all those trainings haha. I have something similar to what you wrote that I sent over to existing Jira admins. What I really need is some sort of official chart from Atlassian comparing the 2 roles of what they can/cannot do permission wise. Doesn't seem like Atlassian has a doc like this and I might need to build one myself. :/

[Sachin]

@ian.johnsen, haha! Yeah, unfortunately there is no such document. LIke you said you might have to collect info from different sources and build a solid document yourself to show it to your folks in the company. I would start looking for other posts in the community..