There is no "Create" option under the project menu

[David Stephens]

Trying to set up a project and following Jira tutorial.  Step one fails, as there is no "Create" option under projects.

[Ankita Jadhav]

Hi @David Stephens 

In Your User Profile Check that you are Admin or Not?

If you are not Admin, then you don't have access for creating project and you can contact your jira Administrator and ask for help.

If you are an Admin, then in project settings check your Browse-Administrative-Project permission and grant it to yourself.

Here is the Article that help you getting started with jira

JIRA Documentation | Jira Software Data Center and Server 6.1 | Atlassian Documentation

[Craig Nodwell]

Hi @David Stephens welcome to the community.
Here's a getting started article.

[Burak Bal]

Hi David,

You need to be Jira admin to create a project. 

https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/create-a-new-project/

[Jack Brickey]

Hi @David Stephens , welcome to the community.

it is likely that you do not have permissions to create projects. Are you an admin?

[David Stephens]

I have no clue, since I've never used Jira.  Where can I get some actual documentation on how to use this product?

[Jack Brickey]

hi @David Stephens ,

Please have a look here - not-able-to-create-new-project-in-jira 

ultimately I suspect that you are not a Jira administrator and you will need to find and speak to this individual if you wish to have a project created.