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POWhen and how should one use project roles instead of groups within JIRA?
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copied!<p>I am having a little difficulty understanding when a person should configure JIRA permissions using groups and when they should use project roles. I have read the online documentation, however, the difference between the two seems subtle.</p> <p>A <code>group</code> seems simple enough. Group users into a named bucket. Assign the <code>group</code> to one or more permissions within a <code>permission scheme</code> to enable access to functionality for any users within the group. Assign the <code>permission scheme</code> to a <code>project</code> to apply the permissions to that <code>project</code>.</p> <p>A <code>project role</code> seems very similar. It does all of the above except that you can also add <code>groups</code> to <code>project roles</code>. It seems that a <code>project role</code> also allows a project administrator to add their own users to a project instead of requiring a system administrator.</p> <p>However, I am not sure how I can leverage this. Here is an example of what I want to achieve.</p> <ol> <li>Have multiple projects created in JIRA.</li> <li>All of our managers, developers, etc. have the same permissions across all projects.</li> <li>Our clients have access only to their projects.</li> </ol> <p>I think that the best way to accomplish this is to:</p> <ol> <li>Create an <em>employees</em> <code>group</code> to which I add all of our employees.</li> <li>Create one or more <em></em> <code>project roles</code> to which I add the appropriate clients.</li> <li>Assign permissions to the <em>Default Permissions Scheme</em> using the <em>employees</em> <code>group</code>.</li> <li>Copy the <em>Default Permission Scheme</em> to a new project specific scheme, e.g., <em>client-scheme</em></li> <li>Assign the <em>client-scheme</em> to the client specific project.</li> </ol> <p>However, it seems that I am not leveraging <code>project role membership</code>. How does this come into play?</p> <p>What is the best practice for using JIRA <code>groups</code> and <code>project roles</code>? What is the different between the two?</p>

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