Jira 8 Essentials - Fifth Edition

Putting it together

With our new workflow in place, we can now create a new Termination issue and start testing our implementation. Since we need to simulate a scenario where an unauthorized user cannot transition the issue after it is created, we need to create a new user. We will look at user management and security in Chapter 9, Securing Jira. For now, we will simply add a new user to our system:

1. Browse to the Jira administration console
2. Select the Users management tab and click on the Users link
3. Click on the Create user button to bring up the Create New User dialog
4. Name the new user john.doe (John Doe)
5. Set the password and email address for this new user
6. Uncheck the Send Notification Email option
7. Check the Jira Software option for