Customizing Jira workflows

Up until now, all the Scrum and Kanban projects we have created have their own workflow, named Software Simplified Workflow for Project X, and this is what is called the Simplified Workflow. A simplified workflow is a type of workflow that is designed specifically to work with agile projects, by having minimum restrictions. This means:

• There is a pre-defined set of statuses/columns for both Scrum and Kanban
• Board administrators can easily make changes, by simply adding and removing columns
• Issues can be moved between the statuses/columns freely with no restrictions
• There are no intermediate screens when an issue is being moved

This is great for most standard agile projects, where the goal is to have a straightforward workflow, and freedom for team members to move issues on the board as needed. However, sometimes you will have special requirements around your processes and your workflow will need to reflect those. For example, you might have a validation requirement...