Starting a new project
It's time to start your project! You know what you need to do, and you have a team that is excited to start working. You want to get everyone off to the best start, so let's make sure that your systems are set up and ready to go.
The documentation in this section will help you configure Jira Software for a new agile development project. This includes creating a new Jira Software project, configuring a board (Scrum/Kanban), configuring your development tools to work with Jira Software, and more.
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Overview
Note: it is assumed that you already have a Jira Software instance. If you don't have Jira Software, install Jira Software Server (Installing Jira applications) or sign up for a Jira Software Cloud site account.
Already set up your project?
Next: Start building a backlog
Project lifecycle
NEW PROJECT → BACKLOG → NEW VERSION → WORK → RELEASE → REPORTING