what is difference between software or Business in jira?

[UDAY BONTHALA]

what is difference between software or Business in jira?

[Tom Rufo]

There literally shouldn't be a difference. There's nothing in either project type that shouldn't also be in the other project type. It's super random.

[Frank]

Big agree, I don't know why JIRA has to be so confusing. 

[Jennifer]

I think I may have found one difference, but I am not sure.  Can I create a form in the software version?  It seems like it is only part a business project.

[Venkata Adapa]

Recently, I learned that we cannot create Forms and Summary options that are only present in JIRA Business. 

JIRA Business does not support having multiple boards to track Projects and Issues/Tickets separately—all of them will fall into the same board. 

JIRA Software supports having multiple boards to track Projects and Issues/Tickets separately, but it does not have Forms or a Summary. 

JIRA should club them into ONE and give everyone access to Forms and Summary, which are needed on any board. 

[Ferran Mercader Álvarez]

Jira Software has 'Releases' option and if it's configured under a 'team-managed project'. With Jira Business I didn't find the 'Releases' option. 

[MOLNAR, TRINA]

You can display releases on the Business Calendar.  Usually, releases relate to Software releases.

[Jeremy M]

Dear Uday,

Basically all the project types are the same EXCEPT for the associated workflow/workflow schemes and corresponding default issue types.

The reason they are different is to help you determine which workflow/issue types you should start to use depending on use case (hence the names: Simple Issue Tracking, Software Development, etc). Not all users of JIRA use it for bug tracking, thus why there are more than one.

Friendly Regards,

Jeremy Mooiman

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[Klára Zikešová]

not really, business projects have also some different features, as I realized... for example color scheme, different project board with some different functions like forms etc.

[Mateus Haubert]

And I'm finding very difficult to have a clear list of all this differences, even after paying for the Jira administrator learning pathway. I'm setting up Jira at my new job, and all the little nuances between business and software keep throwing me curved balls. For example, forms are only available on business, you can only configure the board and have multiple workflows in one board in Software, and so it goes.

All this things should be black and white and listed somewhere to guide users on selecting the best platform. Or is there something out there and I just haven't found it?

[Klára Zikešová]

Hi Mateus, haven´t found it neither, but one of our customers prepared pretty nice table of comparison for his purposes and I shared it here: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-discussions/comparison-of-features-of-Software-project-and-Business-project/m-p/2083571#M18234 so take a look. 

[Mateus Haubert]

Thanks Klara, that helps. 

[Krista Stellar]

The comparison above is very good BUT note that it is describing Jira CLOUD and not Jira Server.

On Jira Server the differences between Business vs Software are mainly in the original templates provided when creating the project. After that I'm not sure there are any differences.

On Jira Cloud these projects are not longer Jira Software projects at all, but instead are projects for a new cloud product: Jira Work. And they look quite different and behave in noticeably different ways from 'regular' Jira projects.

When migrating from server, be very careful about reviewing these differences and deciding if your 'business' type projects on server should migrate to become Jira Work projects in the cloud. In many cases the answer is 'no' and you need to change the project type BEFORE you migrate.

[Antonio Rodriguez]

@Krista Stellar you comment is very insightful, as we are in this exact situation (pre-migration to Cloud and need to be careful related to Jira Work Management). Thanks a lot

[SA i biz]

Jira Software and Jira Business (also known as Jira Work Management) serve different purposes and come with distinct features tailored to their target users.

Jira Software is designed for software development teams. It includes functionalities like multiple boards for tracking different projects and issues, advanced workflow customization, and a "Releases" option for managing software versions. It's tailored to the software development lifecycle with features like sprint planning and backlog prioritization.

Jira Business (Jira Work Management) targets business teams and includes features such as Forms and Summary options, which are not available in Jira Software. These forms are useful for collecting data and tracking non-software-related tasks. However, Jira Business typically does not support having multiple boards for different projects and issues; all tasks fall under the same board.

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