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Important terms and definitions - Jira Tutorial
From the course: Learning Jira (Server Edition)
Important terms and definitions
- [Instructor] Now that you know about the different application and deployment types, let's discuss some important terms and definitions. An issue is an individual item in Jira. Each time you create an item, you're creating a new issue with a unique key to identify it. An issue is any individual record in the Jira database. It could represent a request, a problem, a task, a to-do item, or a development item, like a story, bug, or Epic. A project is a collection of issues. The word project in Jira is different than an initiative your team is working on outside of Jira. Think of a Jira project as a container for all your team's initiatives, tasks, and to-do items. There's generally one Jira project per department, system, team, or application. For example, there might be a Jira project called Human Resources to track all the different things the HR team works on. Each project has a long name and a short name. In the…