Ah, Jira – the delicate dance of digital chaos. In this post, I shall unravel 10 magical moves that will transport you to the realm of pure chaos in Jira. This post is not for the faint of heart! Let the chaos commence!

1. Deleting Custom Field Contexts

If you want to organize your custom fields contexts, start deleting them. Deleting custom field contexts in Jira is like playing a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek with your project’s crucial data. One wrong move, and poof! It’s gone.

2. Renaming Status, Resolutions, and Priorities

Because why stick to boring, understandable labels when you can unleash linguistic mayhem? Let’s rename everything and watch as dashboards and filters go on a wild goose chase. Chaos is a ladder, right?

3. Duplicating Field Names

Why bother with uniqueness? Having fields with identical names is like a secret code only the chosen ones can decipher. Embrace the confusion; it’s the spice of Jira life.

4. Excessive Project Roles

Who doesn’t love a complex role-playing game, especially when it comes to confusing project administrators? Keep it intricate, because simplicity is overrated. Bonus points if your project roles sound like characters from a fantasy novel.

5. Irreversible Deletion of Issues

Trash cans are for the weak. Delete issues without a care in the world. Who needs a safety net when you can live on the edge of project management oblivion?

6. Overloading Jira with External Tools

Why not add a little spice to your life by making REST calls with a whopping 100 thousand issues to craft your report in an external tool? Because who needs simplicity when you can have a data Everest to climb, right? Performance issues and downtime are just part of the thrilling rollercoaster ride through software management.

7. Global Permissions and Application Access

Because simplicity is for the birds. Why manage a few groups when you can have a sprawling network of confused users? Make sure you have at least 10 groups for each Global Permission and 15+ groups on the Application Access page.

8. Permissions Schemes

Make sure you are adding groups and single users to your permissions schemes instead of project roles and watch as your permission setup becomes a masterpiece of disarray.

9. Thoughtful Plugin Installation

Who cares if it’s necessary? Install every plugin you come across, especially those that promise to make Jira sparkle with unnecessary glitter. Because who needs functionality when you can have a glittery mess? A new plugin just been released that does something really cool from an unknown developer? I’m in, install it in production right away, it will definitely improve your life.

10. Workflow with 20+ steps

Make sure that each workflow you create within Jira has at least 20 different statuses. Let your users navigate through this maze where to reach the end, they must have various different permissions, complicated validations, and completely unreasonable requirements. Make the users choose their transitions wisely, or else they may become trapped there forever.

Bonus #1 User Requests

Indulge the whims of your users, even the most outlandish requests. Make every modification they desire without a shred of criteria. Because who needs rationale when you can dive headfirst into the unpredictable sea of user demands? Welcome them to the realm of unchecked modifications, where every user’s wish is your command, regardless of logic or reason. The only rule is to say “yes” to it all.

Bonus #2 Admin Permissions

Give admin permissions liberally in Jira, as if you’re hosting a grand gala where everyone gets a backstage pass, regardless of their role or necessity. Who needs moderation when you can generously sprinkle admin privileges like confetti at a celebration? Step into the whimsical world where admin control is handed out like candy, and every user, relevant or not, becomes the master of the project domain. Embrace the chaos as your admin permissions list grows uncontrollably, creating a vibrant but utterly unmanageable garden of access. Welcome, one and all, to the carnival of indiscriminate admin permissions granting!