Project Permissions

Project permissions in JIRA serve for fine tuning access to different parts and functions inside a project. When you install Power Retro, there are several basic JIRA project permissions that you need to grant to all Power Retro users. As well, Power Retro adds some of its own permissions to the ‘Other permissions’ section that you need to grant to Power Retro users.

The user needs to have Jira administrator permissions to grant any of these Project permissions.

To grant project permissions go to [Your project] → [Project settings on the sidebar] → [Permissions] → [Retrospective Permissions]. Here the user can modify the permission scheme associated with their project.

Create Retrospective Event - lets the user(s) with this permission to create retrospective boards for the project and launch retrospective events from the Backlog. Only users with this permission can become Facilitators
Delete Retrospective Event - lets the user(s) with this permission to delete in progress or completed retrospective events from the Retrospective History
Join Retrospective Event - lets the user(s) with this permission to join in progress retrospective events
Edit Action Item - lets the user(s) with this permission to edit Action Items on the Dashboard

The user needs to grant these permissions for each JIRA project (with the help of its permission scheme) that Power Retro users are working on.

Which Permissions to set?

Project Permission	Description	Who should have this permission?	Useful information

Project Permission	Description	Who should have this permission?	Useful information
Administer Projects	Permission to edit: Project role membership Project components Project versions Some project details	JIRA and Power Retro administrators Project managers	This is a JIRA permission that's useful for Power Retro administration.
Browse Projects	Permission to: Browse the JIRA project Use the issue navigator View individual issues	All Power Retro users who work on JIRA projects and issues. the User needs this permission for the relevant JIRA projects to be able to view the Project Card on the Dashboard	This is a basic JIRA permission that all JIRA users need for the projects on which they're working. The project role atlassian-addons-project-access must be granted permissions to a project in order for Power Retro to function properly. See the Atlassian Jira documentation for more information.
Create Retrospective Event	Permission to create Retrospective boards for the Team to launch a Retrospective Event from the Backlog step by opening the Lobby	Users who want to be Facilitators usually Team leads, Project managers, Product Owners or Scrum Masters	JIRA users cannot create Power Retro boards or launch Retrospective events and become Facilitators without this permission
Delete Retrospective Event	Permission to delete retrospective boards of any status.	Project managers, Product Owners or Scrum Masters	This permission lets the user delete in progress or already completed retrospective boards from the Retrospective History list
Join Retrospective Event	Permission to join an ongoing retrospective board	All Power Retro users who participate in retrospectives	Users without this permission can’t join retrospectives. The only exceptions are users with the Retrospective administrator global permission
Edit Action Item	Permission to edit Action Items after a retrospective event has ended.	Usually Team leads, Scrum masters, Product Owners	Editing Action Items during the retrospective event is solely the Facilitators privilege. After a retrospective has ended the Action Items can be refined further from the Dashboard.