How to create a project in Atlassian Projects and link it to a goal
Open Atlassian Home, click Create and choose Project. Name it, set the owner and target date, then link it to a goal and connect Jira work. About 3 minutes.
Before you start
Projects must be switched on for your site.
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Open Atlassian Home
Go to home.atlassian.com and pick your site.
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Click Create, then Project
Click the Create button at the top of the screen and choose Project.
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Name the project and set the owner
Type a name for the work, not the outcome (the outcome belongs to the goal). You are the owner by default.
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Set a target date and click Create
Pick a target date and click Create. The project page opens.
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Link it to a goal
On the project page, add the goal this project contributes to. Its progress now shows on that goal.
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Connect Jira work
Link a Jira work item or epic to the project so its status shows next to the project's updates.
If it does not work
There is no Project option under Create. Projects is switched off for your site. An organisation or site admin turns it on in Atlassian Administration.
You cannot find the project from inside Jira. In Jira, open the work item and look for the Atlassian Project field, then pick the project.
How we checked
Verified 8 Oct 2026 against the live interface.
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Ready to do it?
Run these 6 steps on your own Atlassian page. Each step shows in a panel on the page, Next when you are ready.