"In my previous experience, the Portfolio and Structure feature in Jira is really valuable because it assists with forecasting for projects."
"Jira Align's most valuable features are the roadmap, the program board, and the reports."
"What I like about Jira is that I can easily keep tabs on the status of different issues and what the team is working on."
"I've had no issues with Align's stability."
"Jira Align is an intuitive tool that features a roadmap view...The initial setup was straightforward...Jira Align is definitely worth the money."
"In our workflow, we utilize a dashboard. Our product development backbone relies on two-week sprints. At the beginning of each sprint, we conduct a planning meeting to discuss and challenge the backlogs. Throughout the sprint, we conduct daily sessions to review code, ensure alignment with coding standards, and address any issues. Once all tasks are completed, we proceed with the deployment process."
"Being able to do PI planning using the program levels is most valuable. I find that the program-level reporting is most useful."
"The technical support services are excellent."
"The solution is flexible."
"The framework could be better."
"Maybe some of the terms and the connectivity could be improved."
"I don't know if Jira provides training for people who want to be certified with the solution, so that is one of the problems."
"Deployment was very complex."
"There are fewer customization options in Jira Align due to how it was designed."
"The initial setup was a little bit complex."
"Other companies that are competitors of Jira and Confluence, they are able to create their active directories for the vendors that don't come in internally."
"There is no linkage between the Jira records and the overarching schedule. We maintain the overarching schedule in Microsoft Project, and there is no linkage back and forth with the Jira tasks. They are independent of each other."
"It is hard to keep up with changes."
Jira Align is ranked 1st in Value Stream Management Software with 35 reviews while OpenText ValueEdge is ranked 2nd in Value Stream Management Software with 1 review. Jira Align is rated 8.0, while OpenText ValueEdge is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Jira Align writes "Creates visibility, has lots of reports, and removes silos". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText ValueEdge writes "A highly stable and flexible solution that provides modules that are far superior to any other tools in the market". Jira Align is most compared with ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, JIRA Portfolio, Planview AgilePlace, Microsoft Azure DevOps and Rally Software, whereas OpenText ValueEdge is most compared with .
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