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The complete JIRA documentation from Atlassian is available here.
To obtain a JIRA account, add a new project, and/or adjust permissions, please contact Holly Mistlebauer.
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JIRA consists of Projects that contain Issues
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Have issues that are assigned to you show up on your JIRA Dashboard (aka home page).
Have easy access to your project(s), favorite filters, etc. as well.
Additional information for project administrators...
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