Change Control for Jira Itself

[philipf]

In my cloud software instance I would like to employ some sort of change control.

For example, before some releases a new workflow, it is reviewed and approved.

Is there any way to do this in Jira itself. Have a board that handles Jira change control.

I saw the IT Service management - change control, but wasn't sure if that was right, since does have deployment connections but nothing for chnage controlling jira itself.

Is there something I am missing, is there a better recomendation.

[philipf · Accepted solution]

Thank you this is great information.

[Rik de Valk · Accepted solution]

Hi @philipf ,

With Jira cloud premium and enterprise plans, you have the option to create a Sandbox environment where you can first make the change and test it.

On free plans, you can create a teat-project with shared configuration (same as the project you want to change). Then make a copy of the workflow scheme and workflow, change the cloned workflow, apply it to a new workflow scheme and test it on the copy-project. 

If it works as desired, you apply the new workflow scheme to the real project. 

Have a nice weekend! Rik

[philipf]

thank you Rik, very helpful.