The document provides a brief history of JIRA from its beginnings in 2002 to 2010, highlighting some of the major milestones and new features introduced each year, including:
- 2002 - JIRA was started by Atlassian with early customers in Europe.
- 2004 - The workflow editor and sub-tasks were added.
- 2007 - Editable comments and a self-installer were introduced.
- 2009 - JQL and dashboard gadgets were added.
- 2010 - The new issue look and keyboard shortcuts were implemented.