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Jira Cloud's Model: Spaces, Work Items, Work Types, Hierarchy and Team-Managed vs Company-Managed

In Jira Cloud a project is now a space and an issue is now a work item; the API and JQL still accept the old names. The post builds the work type hierarchy and the Parent relationship with Bookstore's Institutional Ordering epic, explains team-managed versus company-managed spaces, why there is no conversion between them, what a move loses and when Jira is too heavy.