Administering a project

Project details

A project must have a name, a project key and a project lead. These details help identify the project and the issues within it.

Learn more: Editing a project's details  

Project access

Access to your project is controlled through project role membership. You can assign individual users or groups to the project roles.

Learn more: Managing project role memberships

Versions

A version is a way to group issues within a project. Versions have a start and end date, and can be used to effectively group issues (and therefore your work) into deliverables by date

Learn more: Organizing work with versions

Components

A component is another way to group issues within a project. Components don't have dates assigned to them, but they can have a component lead who could be a subject matter expert, or a team lead for that area of the project.

Learn more: Organizing work with components

Workflows

Each project has at least one workflow that can be applied to it's issues. A workflow controls how an issue progresses, from creating the issue to closing the issue. 

Learn more: Workflows

Issues

Issues are the packets of work that need to be done, and each issue contains information held in fields. You can customize your issues by changing the fields, to make sure you always have the information required to complete your work.

Learn more: Customizing the issues in a project