Can't create classic project

[Dan Tork]

When I create a new project, I can only choose from the following next-gen templates. The choice for a classic project is gone:

The whole point of choosing CLASSIC JIRA is to avoid the automatic creation of new schemes, workflows, issue types, etc.

I know a LOT of people have had this issue, asked the community, and received solutions so I will go through them and explain why the issue is not already resolved.

I am on Atlassian Jira Project Management Software v8.14.0. It is self-hosted.

• https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Service-Management/Classic-project-templates/qaq-p/1101081
  • Solution: Project settings -> advanced -> create new classic project
    • "advanced" is no where on the project administration page
  • Solution: contact Atlassian and they'll enable it for me
    • mine is self-hosted, I have no idea how they'd be able to do that
• https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Service-Management/Classic-project-templates/qaq-p/1362432
  • Solution: classic projects need to be enabled manually on the project settings
    • I can't find anywhere to enable that feature on an existing project or in my administration panel
• https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Service-Management/Can-t-create-classic-Service-Desk-Projects/qaq-p/1342074
  • Solution: visit <yoursite>.atlassian.net/jsd-itsm
    • my url isn't anything like that, I have it at jira.mysite.net. Even so, appending /jsd-itsm to my URL did not work
• https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Service-Management/No-Templates-Found-for-Jira-Service-Desk-Classic/qaq-p/1238160
  • Solution: go to /projects/project-name/settings/advanced
    • doesn't work, it just redirects me to the issues for that project
    • plus, if I've already gone and created a next-gen project to convert it to classic, it has already created all the junk workflows and schemes that I wanted to avoid in the first place.

[John Funk · Accepted solution]

Hi Dan - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Next-gen projects are not available for Jira Server. What you are looking at ARE the Classic project options. 

And Classic Software projects DO create the schemes, including issue types, workflow, etc. 

What exactly are you looking for or wanting to do?

[Dan Tork]

I want to create a plain, template-less project so I can build each issue type, workflow, screen, and all accompanying schemes from the ground up. It's not project management, it's not software development, and I'd just rather not spend a lot of time breaking the links and removing auto-generated pieces.

I'm following the advice of a book, Practical Jira Administration (Doar) I think--don't have the book in front of me now, just my notes which say to "choose CLASSIC JIRA so it doesn't create 7 new schemes automatically".

Clearly, at the time of writing, the author was seeing those exact words. I am wondering why I don't see anything remotely similar, just specific predetermined templates.

[John Funk]

You can create a new project based on an existing project - which does not create the 7 new schemes automatically. But you have to create the initial project first, get it the way you want - meaning shifting all of the schemes around. 

Then from that point on, create new projects based on the "template" project. 

[Susan McCasland]

John, where did that go?  Now when I try to create a new project, I get to choose Kanban / Scrum / Bug Tracking.  Then when I choose Scrum I get 2 options: Team-managed / Company-managed.

A month ago, I got to choose which previous project I could base it on.  

[Susan McCasland]

Never mind, I figured it out.  Just a different workflow

[John Funk]

Hey Susan - Classic Software projects are now called Company-managed and Next-gen projects are now called Team-managed. 

[Stefanie Sullivan]

@John Funk How do I create a classic project in jira cloud? I have lost that functionality

[John Funk]

Hey @Stefanie Sullivan  - It has been rebranded to Company-managed projects.

So, click on Create Project

Then click on Jira Software in the bottom left

Select Kanban or Scrum or Bug

Select Use Template

Then Select a Company-managed project