JIRA Concepts

Internal

• JIRA

Project

• Administering a Project https://confluence.atlassian.com/jiracorecloud/administering-a-project-765593096.html

Component

• Organizing work with components https://confluence.atlassian.com/jiracorecloud/organizing-work-with-components-765593655.html

A component is a way to group issues within a project. Components do not have dates assigned to them. They can can have a component lead who could be a subject matter expert.

Issue

• Working with issues https://confluence.atlassian.com/jiracorecloud/working-with-issues-765593800.html
• Creating issues and sub-tasks https://confluence.atlassian.com/jiracorecloud/creating-issues-and-sub-tasks-765593815.html
• Customizing the issues in a project https://confluence.atlassian.com/jiracorecloud/customizing-the-issues-in-a-project-765593617.html

An issue is a unit of work that need to be done. The issue is the building block of any project.

An issue can have sub-tasks that can be assigned and tracked individually.

Operations:

• Configure an Issue's Fields