The Project Administration interface is where project administrators can manage the settings and configurations of their projects. For example, you can change the project's name, select what issue types will be available for the project, and manage a list of components within the project. Only users with the Administer Projects permission for a given project will be able to access this interface.

Starting with Jira 7.3, project administrators are given more control over how their projects should be configured. Prior to Jira 7.3, configurations such as workflows and priorities were system-level configurations. As we will see in later chapters, Jira 8 continues with these changes to empower project administrators by removing the reliance on one or two Jira system administrators to manage all the configurations.

To access the Project Administration interface, go through the following steps:

1. Go to the project browser for the project you want to administer.
2. Select the Project settings option in the bottom-left corner. If you do not see the option, then you do not have the necessary permission.

From the Project Administration interface, you will be able to perform the following key operations:

• Update project details, such as the project name, description, avatar, and type
• Manage what users see when working on the project, such as issue types, fields, and screens
• Configure the workflows used by the project
• Control permission settings and notifications
• Manage the list of available components and versions

The preceding key operations are shown in the following screenshot:

As a project administrator, this is where you will be applying customizations to your project. We will cover each of the customizations in later chapters.