Explanation of terminology

[Jeremy Wadia]

I am a new user to JIRA and wondered if there is a clear explanation of the JIRA terminilogy somewhere?

E.g. What is the difference between …

· Project

· Component

· New Feature

· Task

· Improvement

· Build Updates

· Epic

· Story

[Deleted user]

If you are familiar with other issue trackers then it might help to know that, although the terminology is JIRA specific, there are a lot of concepts that are universal.

For example, the Project in JIRA is pretty much the same as Product in Bugzilla. In Trac (at least the last version I checked) there is no support for multiple projects (or products) so you will not find that term there. Projects are a way to divide the issues; an issue belongs to one and only one project.

Issues corresponds to bugs in Bugzilla and tickets in Trac. In all cases it is the element that goes through a work flow.

Since JIRA is used from more then bugs you have different issue types: New Feature,Task, Improvement. This is a way to classify the issues. Epics and stories are concepts from agile development.

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

You will find some concepts here.

[Penny Wyatt (On Leave to July 2021)]

Hopefully these should make things a bit clearer:

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/What+is+a+Project

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/What+is+an+Issue

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

usually its me ;)

[Penny Wyatt (On Leave to July 2021)]

Ah drat, too slow!