Unlike other schemes, such as workflow schemes, Jira does not create a project-specific permission scheme when you create a new project, but rather, it users a preconfigured scheme called the Default Permission Scheme. This scheme is suitable for most simple software development projects. However, it is often not enough, and it is usually a good practice to not modify the Default Permission Scheme directly, so you need to create your own permission schemes:

1. Browse to the Permission Schemes page
2. Click on the Add permission scheme button
3. Enter a name and description for the new permission scheme
4. Click on the Add button to create the permission scheme

For new permission schemes, all of the permissions will have no permission configured. This means that if you start using your new scheme straight away, you will end up with a project that nobody can access. We will look at how to configure permissions in later sections of this chapter.