course

Create and maintain a Jira project to best support your team

duration

20 minutes

role

Jira Project Admin

level

Intermediate

product

Jira
Jira Service Management

Set up your project for success

Choose the Jira project type and template that best supports your team and company needs. Then, successfully administer and maintain your project.
After this course, you’ll be able to:
  • Describe the differences between company-managed and team-managed projects, including how much independence project admins will have and how many configurations will be available with each type.
  • Choose a project template to meet your team’s needs.
  • Follow Jira software project best practices.
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3 Lessons in this course

5 minutes
Compare company-managed projects and team-managed projects in Jira

By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to: - Describe the differences between company-managed and team-managed projects - Identify if a project is company-managed or team-managed - Differentiate what project admins can do in company-managed and team-managed projects

Sections
  • Compare project types in Jira
  • Determine the project type
  • Administer different project types
10 minutes
Choose a project template in Jira

By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to: - Differentiate project types, templates, and shared configurations - Choose a project template that meets your team’s needs

Sections
  • What's a project template?
  • Explore available project templates
  • Create a Jira project from a template
5 minutes
Best practices for Jira project administration

By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to: - Utilize best practices while configuring and maintaining a Jira project - Be a Jira champion for your team

Sections
  • Best practices while creating your project
  • Best practices for managing existing projects
  • Become a Jira champion