course

Create software projects


duration

25 minutes

role

Jira Project Admin

level

Intermediate

product

Jira

Make informed choices

Design software projects according to your team’s needs. You’ll learn how to uncover what users need to complete their work, how to identify whether you need a team-managed or company-managed project, and how to choose the best project template for your needs.
 After this course, you’ll be able to:
  • Map business requirements to Jira configurations.
  • Identify if a project is company-managed or team-managed.
  • Differentiate project types, templates, and shared configurations.
  • Choose a project template that meets your team’s needs.
  • Describe the different types of schemes.
  • List the benefits of sharing schemes among company-managed projects.
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4 Lessons in this course

5 minutes
Map business requirements to Jira configurations

By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to: - Discover business requirements in your organization - Ask stakeholders the right questions - Map business requirements to Jira configurations


Sections
  • Make sure Jira meets the needs of your users
  • Discover and understand business requirements
  • Map requirements to Jira configurations
  • Implement Jira configurations
5 minutes
Compare company-managed projects and team-managed projects in Jira

By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to: - Describe the differences between company-managed and team-managed projects - Identify if a project is company-managed or team-managed - Differentiate what project admins can do in company-managed and team-managed projects


Sections
  • Compare project types in Jira
  • Determine the project type
  • Administer different project types
10 minutes
Choose a project template in Jira

By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to: - Differentiate project types, templates, and shared configurations - Choose a project template that meets your team’s needs


Sections
  • What's a project template?
  • Explore available project templates
  • Create a Jira project from a template
5 minutes
Use schemes to standardize company-managed projects

By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to: - Describe the different types of schemes - List the benefits of sharing schemes among company-managed projects


Sections
  • What are schemes?
  • Share schemes
  • Let’s explore an example!

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