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Jira 8 Essentials - Fifth Edition
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Jira 8 Essentials - Fifth Edition

by Patrick Li
February 2019
Beginner
420 pages
10h 39m
English
Packt Publishing
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Issue types and subtasks

As we saw earlier, issues in Jira can represent many things, ranging from software development tasks to project management milestones. Issue types are what differentiate one kind of issue from another.

Each issue has a type (hence the name issue type), which is represented by the issue type field. This lets you know what type of issue it is and helps you determine many other details, such as which fields will be displayed for this issue.

The default issue types are great for simple software development projects, but they do not necessarily meet the needs of others. Since it is impossible to create a system that can address everyone's needs, Jira lets you create your own issue types and assigns them to projects. For ...

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ISBN: 9781789802818