Can project be created as template so other users could clone it?

Question

I’m Lead QA Automation Engineer. I’ve created Next js based full stack application. It’s publicly available on GitHub and Docker Hub. Its purpose is to exercise different test automation frameworks for beginning QA testers. On top of that it will be useful if QA students could learn Jira workflow. I wonder if I could create Jira tickets (Features, User Stories, Subtasks etc.) as project template with descriptions having Acceptance Criteria written. So QA students could clone it and start testing and move ticket statuses within Sprint  Cycles and create Bug tickets if they find bugs. This way they will be able to learn using Jira and Confuence.

W_Diehl _Litew8 GmbH_ · Answer

Hi @Sobirdzhon Tokhtakhodzhaev

the idea you mention of setting up a project including issues and using it as a custom project template was the idea behind our addon 'Project Templates for Jira'. The addon allows to clone a project, including version, issues, components and more and create a custom project template out of it. You can even decide who gets permission to create new projects for each template inidividually.

Since you are using Jira's free version, the addon is free for you as well.

Without the addon you can only create issues in via automation rules but not clone whole projects.

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

Hello @Sobirdzhon Tokhtakhodzhaev

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

Jira does not provide a native single click solution to clone a project and all the issues in it. Also note that non-administrator users can create only Team Managed projects, which are stand alone projects. To ensure consistency you would need your users to be using Company Managed projects.

You could use Automation Rules as suggested by @Daniël

You could also consider third party apps that add cloning functionality to Jira.

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=jira&query=Clone

Daniël_frzyl6 · Answer

My suggestion would be to use a project template and a global 'Automation rule' to create the set of issues. Make use of 'Templates' --> 'Clone issue to another project'.

Another option might be "import data to a new project" --> option CSV".

Hope this steered you to a viable option.