To create a new project, the easiest way is to select the Create Project menu option from the Projects drop-down menu from the top navigation bar. This will bring up the create project dialog. Note that, as we explained, you need to be a JIRA Administrator (such as the user we created during installation) to create projects. This option is only available if you have the permission.

When creating a new project in JIRA, we need to first select the type of project we want to create, from a list of project templates. Project template, as the name suggests, acts as a blueprint template for the project. Each project template has a predefined set of configurations such as issue type and workflows. For example, if we select the Simple Issue Tracking project template, and click on the Next button.

JIRA will show us the issue types and workflow for the Simple Issue Tracking template. If we select a different template, then a different set of configurations will be applied. For those...