How do you create a company-managed project in Jira?

First, go to Projects in Jira then click on “Create project” and choose your template. Skim through so you can choose the template that works best for your project; just make sure it supports company-managed projects.

Once you’ve chosen your template, click on “Use template” then “Select a company-managed project”. You can now enter your project’s name, as well as project key, which is a prefix that will later help separate issues related to your project. Now click “Create project” and you’re good to go!

Creating a company-managed project in Jira step by step:

  1. Navigate to Projects > Create project
  2. Choose a template for your project, while making sure it supports company-managed projects
  3. View the detailed information on the template and click Use template
  4. Choose your project type: click Select a company-managed project
  5. Enter a project Name and Key
  6. Click Create project

How do you create a team-managed project in Jira?

First, go to Projects then click on “Create project” and choose your template. Skim through so you can choose the template that works best for your project; just make sure it supports team-managed projects.

Once you’ve chosen your template, click on “Use template” then “Select a team-managed project” and enter a name. Jira will prepopulate the project key (which is a prefix that will later help separate issues related to your project) but if you want to, you can customize.

Now click on the “Access” dropdown to choose who can access your project and hit “Create”!

Creating a team-managed project in Jira step by step:

  1. Navigate to Projects > Create project
  2. Choose a template for your project
  3. View the detailed information on the template and click Use template
  4. Choose project type: click Select a team-managed project
  5. Enter a Project Name
  6. Click the Access dropdown to choose who can access your project
  7. Enter a project Key
  8. Click on Create button

Jira will prepopulate a project key, but you can customize it if necessary.

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