Jira groups

Question

Hello, i have a JIRA System with like 5 diferent projects Now i get confused because so many people create their own groups in the projects and i think maybe there is a way to make handling of different groups and project roles very clear in JIRA User management. 1 question: Every new user is assigned as JIRA user (Group). So why are there administrator groups, Teamled groups etc for diferent users as well ? Did we create it, or are they automatically created if a project role with name Administrators, or Teamleaders, is created ?

Is there a good way to handel user management when diferent projects are created in Jira, so it s easy and clear ? Some kind of useful rule ?? Thanks

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

I pretty much said before that you probably want to avoid groups for most purposes.

But you do need some of them - you need groups for
* Administrators
* Normal users logging in
* Control of bulk-edit
* Who can see user lists
* Some reporting (especially on who is on a specific team.  If that's useful to you)

Corinna Führing · Answer

Thanks for the answer. Just one question. Why should i create groups in Jira. If later in my projects I add single users to my Project Roles. As example i have diferent Teams in a Company. But depending on the Project diferent members of the Team work on a Project. So it s not necessary to create a group Team A for example, if later not all the members of the Team A work on one project , but just few of them. So what use could there be to create the group Team A , independent of the Project ?

Corinna Führing · Answer

so would it be senseful to create a group for each Project Role as well ? or is it enogh to have just one group let s say JIRA users and than having the diferent Project Roles?