How do I add team members to a Jira project?

[Mohamed Reda]

How do I add team members to a project to track and update tasks?

[Walter Buggenhout]

Hi @Mohamed Reda and welcome to the Community!

You tagged this question as related to the free Jira plan. Taking that in consideration, both answers from @Manoj Gangwar and @Anandhi Arumugam _Cprime_ rightfully explain how you set permissions and grant people access to projects in Jira cloud. They also apply to paid versions of Jira (aka the standard, premium and enterprise plans of the tool).

As explained in this support article, project permissions, roles and issue level security are not configurable on a free plan. All your users will have full access to all projects on your site. So in short, giving them product access (inviting them to Jira) is all you need to do to grant them access to your projects.

If you want to take more control over project permissions, you will need to upgrade to - at least - the standard plan. 

Hope this helps!

[Manoj Gangwar]

Hi @Mohamed Reda  Welcome to the community!

To add team members to a project in Jira so they can track and update tasks, follow these steps:

1. Access Project Settings:

   • Navigate to the project you want to modify.
   • Click on the gear icon (⚙️) in the sidebar to access Project settings.

2. Manage Users and Roles:

   • In the project settings, look for the People or Users and roles section. This may vary slightly depending on your Jira version (Cloud or Server).

3. Add Users:

   • Click on Add people or Add users.
   • You can search for users by their name or email address.
   • Select the users you want to add.

4. Assign Roles:

   • After selecting users, you will need to assign them to a role (e.g., Developer, Tester, Project Manager).
   • Ensure you choose roles that grant appropriate permissions for tracking and updating tasks.

5. Set Permissions:

   • Make sure that the roles assigned have the necessary permissions to view, create, and edit tasks in the project. You can check this under Permissions in the project settings.

6. Notify Team Members:

   • Once added, it’s a good idea to notify team members about their access to the project so they can start tracking tasks.

[Anandhi Arumugam _Cprime_]

Hi @Mohamed Reda Welcome to the community!

If the team member already has access to Jira, then you need to go to the project settings -> People and add the user to the relevant project role. The relevant project role is determined by the Project's permission scheme to understand what level of access you want to provide to this person.

If the team member has no Jira access, then you need to invite the user to access Jira and then add to the project.

Hope this helps!