JIRA: to close or to resolve?

Question

You can reopen both a resolved and a closed issue in JIRA. What\'s the practical difference? (besides requiring different permissions to resolve/close issues e.g. if QA is invol

Answer 1

• Resolved is usually "Ready for Testing"
• Closed is usually "It worked"

You may also want to see this blog post for more details about how JIRA uses the Resolved/Closed states and the system Resolution field.