Using Jira for Business Projects
Jira initially started as a bug-tracking system, helping software development teams track and manage the problems/issues in their projects. As the product evolved, people started using Jira for other purposes. Some use it as a general-purpose task management solution, while others use it as a customer support portal. There are also other creative uses for Jira, such as tracking financial portfolio performances.
In this chapter, we will take a look at projects and project types while focusing on the most basic Jira project type – business. Then, we will look at the various user interfaces that Jira has for working with projects, both as an administrator and an everyday user. We will also introduce permissions in the context of projects, which we will expand upon later in this book. Since business is the most basic project type, most of the concepts covered in this chapter will apply to the more specialized types.
In this chapter, we will...
