Jira Software (Cloud) — What can the Board Administrator of a Project do?

[Hamza Chundrigar]

Hello,

I'm studying for the ACP-620 Exam. Amongst the resources I'm using to study, is the 300 Page Study Guide by Atlassian. In that student study guide — It appears I've come across some conflicting information regarding what a Board Administrator can and cannot do (In Jira Cloud).

• In one place, it says "The Board administrator can perform the same board configurations as a Jira or Project administrator, except that a Board administrator cannot add or remove statuses."
• In another place, it says "The Board administrator can also create the new column and add (workflow) statuses to it, but cannot actually create new statuses."

Which one is correct?

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My understanding of who can manage boards and what they can do is the following:

• Jira Admin, Project Admin and Board Admin can: Create Boards
• Jira Admin, Project Admin and Board Admin can: Add or Remove Columns
• Only the Jira Admin and Project Admin (Not the Board Admin) can: Add or REmove Statuses
• Jira Admin, Project Admin and Board Admin can perform all other board functions.

[Robert Wen_Cprime_ · Accepted solution]

They're both correct.  A board administrator can add existing statuses that are not mapped to a column.  

[Nirmani Kalakheti]

As @Robert Wen_Cprime_ said, both are correct! And both statements are saying the same thing pretty much. As a board admin you can add columns to map the statuses (unmapped statuses).