Jira Other Advice
An additional thought about Jira would be that its real value becomes more apparent over time as teams and projects grow in complexity. At first, people see Jira simply as a ticketing or task tracking tool, but once it is integrated properly into the development, QA, release management, and planning process, it becomes a central operational platform for organizations. I also think Jira works best when teams treat it as an enabler for collaboration and visibility rather than just a management or reporting system. Organizations that keep workflows practical and focus on transparency usually get the strongest results from it. Overall, despite some complexity and learning curve challenges, Jira remains one of the most mature and capable platforms for Agile project management and software delivery at scale. I gave this review a rating of nine out of ten.
View full review »Here is the advice I would give to everyone considering Jira. Start simply by not over-customizing the workflow or fields on day one. Begin with Jira standard templates and evolve as your process matures. Use Jira as a single source of truth. Apply automation thoughtfully, as automations can save time, but too many can make the workflow hard to understand. Use sprint metrics and retrospectives to continuously improve how Jira is configured and used. Overall, Jira works best when it supports your process rather than trying to force a process around the tool. I would rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »My advice to others looking into using Jira is that it is a very good tool and the best tool in the industry for current Agile methodologies and Scrum methodologies. Overall, Jira is a very good tool and one of the best tools in the industry for Agile practice. The review rating given is 9.
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I do not think there is anything else we did not cover; I believe I have answered most of the questions and queries in general. My overall rating for this product is 8.5 out of 10.
View full review »I highly recommend Jira for all project needs, from tracking end to end and creating defects to logging defects.
I am happy with the accuracy and reliability of Jira's output, with no issues or problems there.
Regarding Jira's AI capabilities, I find its governance and security stable, and I have absolutely no issues with the security of my data and data protection.
View full review »As far as I use Jira, I would rate it as 10 out of 10.
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Yervand Akelyan
Senior Technical Support Engineer I at Krisp
Using templates in specific Jira boards helps us save time by ensuring that all the tickets have the same structure and include the same relevant information that will help relevant teams. For example, in my previous experience for bugs, we had specific templates that had to be followed up. Different people from different departments were creating issues which were easily understandable by QAs. Having worked as a QA myself and using Jira, I can assure that it saves a lot of time by having these templates and knowing what needs to be filled in and what does not need to be filled in, while communicating this with our project manager to make adjustments to our template. If I receive any bug report from our customers, I try to reproduce it first before I issue a Jira ticket or before I even reach out to our QAs, which basically gives them more time and takes less time from them to confirm whether it is expected behavior or a bug. I create the bug, and using automations, I create a bug in our customer-specific board, which gets duplicated in our web or app board where it gets verified by the QAs.
My advice for others looking into using Jira is to make sure that you customize it to your needs, as it is extremely customizable. Using it out of the box might seem very hectic and not particularly useful for your use case, but making sure that you customize it based on the boards, templates, and other elements, and have all your relevant data in your Jira dashboards is extremely useful. Try to find ways to incorporate Jira into tools that you already use, such as Slack, Confluence, or something else, as it will be very helpful to stay consistent across the board.
I overall recommend Jira to any teams that are working on software products as it makes everything easier. This can be used by marketing teams and sales teams who are trying to reach out to different customers or who have a big project to manage, so it is a great project management tool. I would rate this product nine out of ten.
View full review »I would rate the customer support a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10.
You may work with Jira only if you have enough internal resources to automate it and to build your own processes and flows because it's very flexible, but default templates might not be as effective as you expect since they're pretty much average. But if you have an internal development team and resources for supporting Jira, I think it's the best solution.
On a scale of 1-10, I rate Jira a 9.
View full review »I like Jira very much. I give Jira a rating of nine out of ten because it is a really good tool, but it can improve in many areas. I have not used the AI capability of Jira much and I need to explore the AI capability of Jira more. We purchased Jira through the AWS Marketplace.
View full review »If anyone needs a project management tool, I would definitely recommend Jira based on my experience. However, the specific functionalities you can use might depend on the role-based access and permissions within the organization.
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Gadi Perets
Senior Director, Head of Information Systems Division at Israel Innovation Authority
I can definitely recommend Jira to those people who are planning to use it. On a scale of 1-10, I rate Jira an 8.
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Earnest Son
Software Engineer at Daum Communications
I recommend Jira for project management. It is very convenient to manage issues or product plans and supports many kinds of APIs. It's easy to create dashboards. Overall, I would rate Jira nine out of ten.
View full review »Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. In most cases, when I'm working with clients that don't already have a project management tool, I usually suggest trying Jira.
View full review »I will recommend using Jira because it is easy to use, it's straightforward, and more browser-based, so that makes it easier.
Overall, I would rate Jira a nine out of ten.
View full review »I am satisfied with Jira and would rate the overall solution a ten out of ten.
View full review »I would advise people to use Jira. There are other open-source products available that individuals can consider first, depending on the company's budget. Jira is a fairly stable product, but there are other open-source solutions worth exploring.
Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
I rate the tool a nine out of ten.
We use Jira for sprint planning and agile project management. We used to maintain a two- or three-week sprint. We found and tracked different user stories, epics, and milestones in that sprint. We used to complete the two-week sprint with all the user stories, epics, and milestones in that particular sprint. We also put the blockers we use in the backlogs so that they could be handled in the next sprint.
Jira's bug tracking and issue resolution works quite well. Users should explore more features and understand and learn more about the solution.
Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
I recommend Jira because it's the best tool for project management, issue tracking, and support. I rate it a nine out of ten.
View full review »I work across multiple projects, so people might approach me for support when needed. I would recommend Jira to other organizations. For inexperienced users, I would advise seeking help from experts if there's something you can't do in the tool. They can customize it to fit your needs. Overall, I'd rate the product an eight out of ten.
View full review »I haven't used a lot of direct integration with Jira. I've seen it used with code repositories for continuous integration and continuous deployment. It's really fast. Everything is automated and very easy to set up. I haven't used all of the features. I would definitely recommend Jira. My advice is to use the online resources on the Jira home page. There are a lot of people who will help you set it up for free. We can avoid making a lot of mistakes by using the community advice. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
View full review »Overall, I rate Jira eight out of ten. I am quite content with its features and capabilities.
View full review »My advice would be to explore the different licensing options available for Jira. There's a level of customization in pricing to tailor it to your needs. I rate it a ten out of ten.
View full review »Overall, I would rate the solution a seven out of ten.
I would recommend using it. It's the only tool where everyone can work within a single system, and we can track each other's records. That's a tool that helps people stay aligned.
View full review »The decision to use Jira on-premise instead of the cloud is primarily driven by security concerns, especially in industries like defense, where sensitive information must be protected.
We want to continue using the tool, but we may have to explore other options due to the lack of on-premise support and Atlassian's emphasis on cloud deployment. If it extends its support for on-premise usage in closed network environments, we would gladly continue using it, considering our current investment and experience with the platform. However, if no such support is provided, we may need to evaluate alternative solutions that can be deployed on-premise.
I recommend using Jira because it's easy to work with and open, allowing for integration and development of additional features if needed. Its ecosystem is vast, with a large community worldwide using Jira, and it offers many add-on products for various needs.
I rate the overall product an eight out of ten.
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Kalimuthuraja-Sureshkumar
Founder at OnlyAI
Overall, I rate the solution a 10 out of 10.
View full review »I recommend Jira for its usability, especially for writing user stories and adjusting metrics, though it is expensive.
Jira has improved our team's productivity mainly through integrations, particularly with Slack. This integration helps keep track of changes made to user stories, providing alerts for any updates.
I would recommend Jira for managing projects in agile environments, but certain features are necessary for better functionality, like improved capacity calculation and streamlined task creation. Additionally, Jira can be expensive, so essential tools like test planning should ideally be included in the standard subscription rather than requiring costly third-party plugins.
Overall, I would rate Jira as a seven out of ten.
View full review »I will recommend the product to others. It is easy to use and implement. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
View full review »We don't use bug tracking in Jira. I haven't contacted support at all. I’m not responsible for maintaining the Jira deployment. My colleagues take care of it. I might recommend the solution depending on the size and purpose someone wants to use it for. If we don't have personnel to administer Jira, we will have to hire a relatively expensive company to do it. Overall, I rate the product a seven out of ten.
View full review »Feel free to try it, and you will love it. The biggest advantage is that you can see all of the project in one place on the dashboard, track your estimation and time, and see your progress. I rate Jira nine out of ten.
View full review »For smaller organizations, it might be better to consider alternatives like Linear.io. But if you need an integrated system, especially with other Atlassian products, Jira is a solid choice.
It is widely used, so the transition is easier if someone moves from one organization to another that also uses it. Additionally, its automation features are powerful and can address many use cases.
The reports are useful, giving an overview of a sprint's progress and indicating areas for improvement. However, I have yet to use the analytics feature much.
I rate it a seven out of ten.
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Suparna-Kansakar
Project Manager at Birlasoft IndiaLtd.
We plan to integrate the tool with AWS. I rate it an eight out of ten.
View full review »From a project management perspective, my project manager assigned some Jira tickets, and I started to do it on a weekly and daily basis. I send a request to a Jira ticket to open it, and during the process, I start describing how I am replicating that issue, explaining it in that Jira ticket. After that, I resolved that Jira ticket put that Git code in the expression part, and submitted it.
Regarding reporting and analytics features, my company uses Jira for software development projects as if it were a single tool. My company uses the tool in a manner where we send requests to one developer, and they open a Jira ticket using the email. Every day, they update so that everybody is able to see it without any description, while my team can see what the developer is doing daily. If a developer is updating, everybody can see that in the company. The tool is very easy to use, and it is easy to understand areas like script planning, story points, and backlog grooming.
I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. I worked with two scrum tools. In Azure also, my company uses scrum, which is a little bit uncomfortable for me, but I am very comfortable with Jira, a major reason I suggest it to other people.
I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.
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Donatas Bukelis
Project Manager at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. I would recommend using this solution. Go for it!
View full review »I would rate this product an eight out of ten.
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Vishwa_Reddy
Senior Manager, Connected Home Product Management and Strategy at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Jira is easy to use and maintain; everything is in one place. Minimal maintenance is also required.
We have our developers to maintain Jira. They will develop whatever we require for labels and provide them to us.
If you want to inform me about the adaptations for scaling Jira, it will be convenient to use Jira, but most of the reports will be easy to generate. We integrate with Git, making the process a bit easier.
Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
View full review »My advice would be to consider having a Jira license. There's a level of customization available, along with flexibility in pricing plans, so you can tailor your request according to your needs. This allows us to access features that align directly with our requirements.
Jira has integration capabilities with almost all build management and alerting tools. It offers seamless integration with both open-source solutions and licensed ones.
Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
View full review »My company uses the product for planning tasks.
The product has played a major role in helping my company in the area of bug tracking. During the testing phases, be it SIT or UAT testing, if there were any issues, our company used to log the bug using Jira, and then we connect with the respective users, so we have a track of which particular bug and check to see if the bug is related to which user storage.
Jira helped our company's project management, analytics, and reporting parts. If you look at the analytical part, my company used to get the hours we have availed each of the user storage. When it comes to the user storage part, my company would like to see whether the hours we consumed were optimal or if it was over-consumed, which is information that we track with Jira. The tool is useful for tracking progress and seeing where my company stands when it comes to tickets. Each ticket might have a certain due date, which the company gets to see using Jira. Altogether, the tool helps users eventually understand the team's progress, the current sprint details, and how much of the team's capacity has been used. With Jira, my company gets to see the aforementioned details, so we were able to track it with the product's dashboard.
I am not used to using the product's integration capabilities with other solutions.
The product's user interface is good.
I recommend the product to others who plan to use it.
I rate the tool a nine out of ten.
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MudasirShafi
Project manager at a wellness & fitness company with 1-10 employees
It is a perfect tool for those who want to manage the projects in their organization.
The benefit I have seen from using Jira is that it streamlines the development process. In general, the solution provides visibility and streamlines processes.
I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.
I rate the product a nine out of ten overall.
View full review »Use all the reports which are generated. You have to make a system for the process. Here is a small example during a subtask. The time input via the source is not mandatory. But you have to make it mandatory either from the back end.
You’ll not be able to fetch the reports on the performance, the health of the project, capacity management, or IT management if the data is not input properly. So this is something which people most people don’t take care of as a Jira planning. But when you plan a project, you have to plan these things.
I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten.
View full review »I rate Jira eight out of 10. It boosts productivity tremendously by eliminating the chaos between development and QA. Jira manages the entire pipeline from development to production. If you're thinking about implementing Jira, you should go for it. It will make your life better by streamlining the tedious daily work of project management.
View full review »I would advise having proper planning because you don't want to clutter your Jira. Without proper planning, you would go on creating a lot of labels and other things, which would be of no use. You need to do release planning and then accommodate things into Jira.
A lot of companies have a separate release planning team, and then there is a separate Jira infrastructure team. All these teams should think and work together. Otherwise, everybody would be creating their own tags, which won't make sense. I might create a tag for daily bugs, and someone might create another tag for the same thing, which would result in cluttering.
I would rate it an eight out of 10. Jira is an amazing tool. There is no doubt about it. We have no thoughts of using any other tool.
View full review »Since we use the cloud, we are using whichever version is currently deployed there. It's updated automatically.
I would recommend Azure DevOps over Jira.
I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten.
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MarcoColombo
Partner Account Manager at Siav
The user interface needs improvement in terms of visual appeal and customization. The search feature could also be enhanced for better efficiency. Rating the overall solution would be nine out of ten.
View full review »I will recommend the tool to others. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
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Raja Rao Malkari
Principal Performance Architect at Tecnotree Corporation
I have used Micro Focus Quality Center, which is purely a defect management tool. We can also use Jira as a defect management tool. When you compare both tools, Jira is now the best tool for defect management and running scrum projects. You can even expose the Jira APIs to do automation.
If you find a defect, you can automate the process of logging in to Jira and erasing the incident. When you find a defect while running JMeter scripts, you can take the APIs and automate it to save time. The automation process can be done through Jira because it exposes its APIs to third parties to integrate with other tools.
You can expose Jira APIs and integrate the solution with other tools. You can have your own dashboard using the APIs. I would recommend the solution to other users.
Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
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Eduardo Justo
IT bp at KDR Corp
Performance-wise, Jira is a good solution, but the problem lies in the part of its licensing area.
I rate the product's price an eight out of ten.
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PrasannaVA
Senior Technical Manager at Purpleslate
I'd recommend it to others. Overall, I'd rate it an eight out of ten.
View full review »I'm not sure which version I am currently using. the admin team handles the versions and updates.
I'd advise new users to read the user manual first, before jumping in. They are really helpful and informative.
I would rate the solution at a nine out of ten. It is one of the best tools that I have used. It's helped me a lot in my daily job. For me, it's the best tool in order to track teams and projects.
I would rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »I have not had a lot of time to explore the solution. My rating might be higher if I had used it more.
I rate Jira a three out of five.
View full review »I would advise others that Jira is a good solution and I would recommend it.
I rate Jira a nine out of ten.
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VenugopalKulasekaran
Agile and DevOps Coach at Infosys
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
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PhilipeSlama
Agile Coach at Dr. Agile
For application lifecycle management, I can definitely recommend Jira and I would rate it an eight out of ten.
You need to investigate and understand dynamically what it is that you're looking to do. Don't just dive in and start creating. Before going into it, you should really organize your formatting or direction of the cause. There are other tools that are like cookie-cutters. Jira is so customizable that you really need to define what you're going to do with it.
I would rate it a nine out of ten.
View full review »I would recommend the solution to others. I have been happy with Jira.
I rate Jira a seven out of ten.
View full review »I'm at a professional service company, and I'm the manager, so I don't work with any solution, e.g. my team works with the solutions. My team works with Jira plus Xray, then Azure DevOps, and Micro Focus ALM.
Micro Focus ALM is a very powerful solution, because you can link from the requirements to the test plan and the test lab. In the test lab, you can aggregate the test cases that you want to execute, including defect management. You can incorporate all these into a release, and inside this release, you can have several execution cycles. I'm referring to the functions of all the assets, e.g. functional testing. Jira doesn't have versioning, compared to Micro Focus ALM, so you can have different and fresh versions of the same asset. You can do that using different names, but Jira is not as well-designed as ALM.
I'm rating Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »We are just a customer and an end-user.
From a testing point of view, I would rate it at a six out of ten. I use it as a defect management tool, and it, for me, it's not easy to use.
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Claudiu Cretu
Head of .NET Department at Evozon
I rate Jira nine out of 10.
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Niku Benson Valles
Test Engineering Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I would recommend Jira to others.
I would advise others to be sure to do the reports correctly because there can be some challenges in reporting and in the testing phase.
I rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
View full review »I would rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »I would recommend this solution. It gives you the best if you investigate a little bit and maximize your use by using all the features.
I would rate it an eight out of 10 because of the support.
View full review »I would rate this solution 7 out of 10.
View full review »We primarily use the solution ourselves, as customers.
I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten.
I would recommend the solution to others. It would be ideal if it offered better tool integration, however, other than that, we've never had issues.
View full review »I would recommend that an organization implementing Jira ensure that someone gets training both at the developer level and the project manager level. The developer needs to know what needs to be done, what are the components and why are they there. The project manager should join the training and determine if there is a relation between multiple projects to see that they are really integrated well into other components of continuous integration and continuous delivery.
Because of the slowness, I would rate Jira an eight out of ten.
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Mathias Florian
Business developer at Bat.IT
From a user perspective, Jira is simple to understand if they use its data functionality. If you want to extend it to custom feeds then you need further education.
If you are considering Jira, take a look at the online versioning and online pricing.
I would rate Jira an 8 out of 10.
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Robert Onesto
Managing Partner at Wingspan Consulting
I would rate it a seven out of 10.
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Fabio Casasus
Co-Founder - Managing Partner at Helvetia Fintech
I would advise potential new users to start with simple cases in terms of configuration and to build on top of that in order to add complexity by identifying the need and not working from scratch.
I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. You need to get used to using it. It's a solution that can et very complex.
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Luis Chavez
Consultor Funcional SAP at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
We're a customer and an end-user.
Nowadays I'm using the web version of Jira for my client. I'm managing my boards, my sprints, and my backlog which are all working on Jira except the retrospectives. These are made in a code and not written down in Jira.
I would recommend the solution to others. It's easy to learn, easy to handle, and we've never experienced any downtime for a year and a half at least.
I would rate the solution at a nine out of ten. I haven't fully utilized the entire product, however, from what I have seen, it's exactly what we require.
View full review »I would recommend Jira to others.
I have not used many tools to compare Jira with.
I rate Jira a seven out of ten.
View full review »We are just customers and end-users.
I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. There's always room for improvement, however, it's a very good solution.
I would recommend the solution to others.
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Visu Kanaga
IT Recruiter at Got Pros LLC
Jira offers Agile project methodology management and can be used for defect tracking and bug tracking. I would strongly recommend any organization wanting to use Jira, to work with the Jira team to understand what each product offers and how suitable it is for their organization.
The Jira team could be consulted to understand the project, your department's requirements, and provide a proper way of managing the tool and advising what are the kind of roles you'll need.
I would rate it an eight out of ten.
View full review »When we cut over to Agile, it was a huge task to get everybody on the same page in terms of the setup and rollout. When we looked at each other's desktops, it looked so different, and our central team did a lot of effort in making it all look the same. I saw the full central team being pulled forward to resolve these inconsistencies.
It is so open that it allows inconsistency. So, you need to have a very strong and resourced team for the initial setup, implementation, and training. Otherwise, it can just fail. It could be a good thing that it is open, and everybody can have their own Jira, but finally, when the organization wants some statistics on what's happening at the enterprise level, you will not get any data. So, my suggestion to anyone cutting over to Jira is to have a very strong and resourced team centrally. You should roll out, learn, and come back to it. You should repeat this process and keep on learning and coming back. It has to be a very strong cycle.
I would rate it an eight out of 10.
View full review »We have an on-prem installation of Jira. I cannot tell you the version of it. I don't actually care, as long as I can store my stories. They're moving into a soft solution, potentially next year, with it.
I am very happy with the tool. I would recommend others to use Jira anytime, as it's super flexible and there's a lot of things that are not being leveraged at all. There's so much power in the product - we don't even know half of it, I would say, in the organization.
I'd advise new users to not over-customize it. If you just get it out of the box, you already have a really good evolution and you tend to break it by over-customizing it.
I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten.
View full review »I would definitely recommend it. Now I'm a 10-person development company with about 30 staff members. If you don't have a lot of IT support and you're doing everything yourself, Jira is a great product for you. It's not hard to install and it just works.
My advice to others wanting to implement this solution is to utilize the SaaS solution unless it is required not to. Having your own instance running in your data center or private cloud requires your own staff and resources to maintain and upkeep. It can be quite time-consuming work. Unless you are invested in something like that, there is a benefit of just using a SaaS solution.
I rate Jira a seven out of ten.
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Jemmuel Real
Team Lead - Web Services at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Jira is easier to configure than other platforms like DevOps. It's fairly easy to learn so long as you dedicate some time to it and is easier to use than other solutions. I would rate this solution as nine out of ten.
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NikolayBachvarov
Software Architect at AIOPS group
I would definitely recommend this solution. It is very popular, and a lot of my colleagues have used it before. It doesn't require a lot of learning time. It is very good to use. I'm quite happy with the service. Of course, it can improve, but personally, I'm very happy with it.
I would definitely give it a good rating. I would rate it a nine out of 10.
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Puneet
Senior Manager at Capgemini
It is a good solution and a very popular one, as well. So I would recommend it if you are going for agile methodology. It works for both iterative and incremental development. You should use it.
This is a solid solution for medium to large companies.
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Kalimuthuraja Sureshkumar
Automation Architect at Micro Focus
I would recommend this solution to others. Any new startup company can start with Jira immediately because it is now offered in the cloud.
I rate Jira a nine out of ten.
View full review »For my defense software development activities, I would like to stay out of the cloud. For the general industry activities and the IT support, we could potentially go into the cloud. There is no objection to that. But for defense, the cloud is not an option for me.
If you want to move ahead to the cloud, I would definitely recommend Jira. For what we use it for since we are stuck on-premise, I would advise others to look into other solutions.
I am not an active user of Jira but based on the feedback I have received I rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »We're just customers and end-users.
We just upgraded the solution. We are on the latest version.
I'd advise potential users to make sure that they talk to the people who are going to be testing and make sure that they know, what metrics they need before they pick a tool, any tool - even if it isn't Jira.
I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.
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AliRaza
Technical Project Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
I would tell potential users that they should all get it.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give Jira an eight.
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Sehrish Parvaiz
Principal Project Manager at Systems Limited
I rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »This is a good product, it's served us well. I don't really have a lot of issues with it so I rate the solution eight out of 10.
I rate JIRA eight out of 10. I think it's a great tool. I have been working with this tool for the past two years and I use it every day.
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MaheshNattanmai
Sr Project Manager at ITM LLC
Workflow-wise, you need to plan well because once you configure it, you cannot often change a workflow. For each project, the workflow might be different. You might have a development team, a QA team, a configuration team, and a deployment team. When you start a task, you just need to make sure you are covering everyone. In terms of the workflow, you should know what would happen if someone is not there, and what are you going to do. So, you need to make sure that you are covering those things. Other than that, you need to know how much you are going to take care of the hierarchical level permissions. These are two primary things, and then, later on, you can relabel quite a lot of things in terms of how you're using the backlog product and user stories.
I would rate Jira an eight out of 10.
View full review »We're just customers and end-users.
We are likely using the latest version of the solution. I don't know what the latest version of Jira is, however, I'm pretty confident we are.
The advice I would give is it's not a solution for a novice person that doesn't know Scaled Agile. Users will get out of it what they put into it, and if you don't know what you're doing you could set yourself up for a nightmare when you're using the tool. My advice is that the better you structure yourself and understand Scaled Agile and how you want to set up the project the more successful you'll be at using it for your organization's purposes. If you're going in there as a novice that doesn't understand anything about Scaled Agile you could create a mess for yourself and then it won't give you the value you are seeking.
I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten.
View full review »It is easy to use and easy to onboard. It has got a good foundation of offerings for the business requirements if you're working on an agile project or user stories.
I would rate Jira a seven out of 10.
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Yelena Levitina
Information Technology Program Manager at Reframe Solutions
The product is very useful. As a program manager, I recommend it wholeheartedly. The cloud version is easy to set up, and there's no maintenance required. I haven't incurred any issues with performance or updates being applied incorrectly or any bugs.
I rate the solution nine out of 10.
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Tyrone Moodley
Senior Systems Analyst at canada life
It has a lot going on. They own Bamboo, but right now, we're using Jenkins.
I have used Azure DevOps at another company. I would advise going for Azure DevOps because it has everything. You've got your DevOps, and you have your Repos. Everything is integrated.
I would rate Jira a six out of 10.
View full review »I'm a customer and an end-user.
I'm using the latest version of the solution right now. I cannot speak to the exact version number we are on currently.
I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. We've been very happy with its capabilities.
I would recommend the solution, as it is quite powerful.
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TalhaIqbal
Co-Practice Head, Digital Transformation - RPA Solution Architect at Royal Cyber Inc.
In terms of project management and repository management for the code, I find Jira to be the best. So on a scale from one to ten, I would rate it at nine.
View full review »I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using currently.
I'm a customer and an end-user.
I'd advise users considering the solution to make sure that they have a little time to review it and understand the tool and make sure they actually find that it is a good solution to meet their needs and that it's what they're looking for. From Agile delivery teams that are here to deliver their MVPs and stuff like that, I think it's great to keep track of all their backlogs and stuff like that. It is also great for someone from a use case perspective as they break it down well.
I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. Of course, I'm still learning it. That said, it's great for keeping track of all the items and the stuff that needs to be done and for the use cases that have been closed, to make sure that we get the proper sign-off and understand the line of business.
View full review »Our team does not use the solution exclusively. There are multiple ones which do, although I cannot state how many teams are doing so. I do know that the entire section of our agency is doing so and this accounts for a lot of people, well over a hundred.
The solution is pretty good and is geared towards those with multiple teams who are using it for the same purposes as us. We use it for providing daily and scrub updates, for which it is really good, as it allows one to track every entry and see when it's entered, timestamp and all. So, if a person has a lot of mission-critical or time-sensitive activities, JIRA is pretty good for tracking and helping to keep everything organized.
While I am still biased towards services at the moment, I rate Jira as an eight out of ten, at it is really good and very functional.
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RobertCampbell
Product Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
We're just customers and end-users.
I upgraded the application back in December, so we're on 8.13 right now. While we're currently on-premises, one of the things that were on my to-do this year was to consider moving to the cloud, which is something that we are very interested in doing.
Currently, we're using the Jira Data Center.
Our company has barely scratched the surface of the power of Jira in my personal opinion as they've just largely tried to do a bunch of customization. There was no governance set when I first joined the organization. People were just allowed to create whatever they wanted in any way they wanted, and it needed to be cleaned up, which doesn't help my efforts of course.
There might, in the near future, be many people who get siphoned off of Jira as the company already made a decision that Bamboo and Bitbucket are going. They're moving all the software development activities into Azure DevOps. We already know that. That's already been decided. Atlassian doesn't know that, however, it's happening. The process is probably going to take a year, maybe two. We haven't really rolled it out yet or defined or planned it out. That said, it will happen. Whether or not Jira sticks around though, we don't know yet. I'm hoping it will as I love using it.
I'd advise new companies that one of the biggest things to do at the outset is to just put some governance in place before you go rolling out. It's a super-powerful application. However, if you are in a large enterprise organization, you need to establish an advisory board before you go rolling this thing out. Really think about a steering committee. How are you going to handle requests for customization? What will the board handle? What will the board not handle? Or the committee, whatever you want to refer to it as. They obviously did not do that here when they rolled this out. It can be a really great thing if you have that in place. It's not overly cumbersome.
I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.
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Gesner Herard
Senior Principal Engineer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
One piece of advice, which they also give in their documentation, is to use your own database management system. They give you something that you can use. It is called HSQL or something like that, but you can use what your company can afford, such as MySQL or SQL Server, and manage that yourself. It will help you to do better data management and backup management. I would use the built-in backup management system as a backup, although I haven't had any problems at all in years. Just for a warm fuzzy, it is always good to have a backup system.
I would recommend looking into primary tools depending on your needs. If you're doing software, FishEye and Crucible are great products to utilize with it. You also have Confluence and Bamboo for continuous build management. Tempo, of course, is good for certain types of management.
I would rate Jira a nine out of 10.
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DavidMason
Consultant at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
It depends on what you want to use Jira for, and what's the problem you're trying to solve. If you're going to do defect tracking and management of an artifact and you have got requirements, code, and tests, and they all got to summarize, you have to then go ahead and take Jira. You can then buy Crucible for the peer reviews and Xray for the test management and get them to work seamlessly with each other.
I would rate Jira an eight out of ten. It is fairly cheap. For a nine or ten, it would be like DOORS and Jazz platform, but the problem with that is that it would become really expensive.
There are some good and valuable tool plugins that make it a much better tool. I've got plugins that cover most of the features that were lacking. There are some specific plugins that are targeted for specific kinds of use cases.
I would rate Jira a seven out of ten. It all comes down to reporting. It should have better and more robust reporting.
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Emanuela Ferrante
Web Project Lead at Nikon Corp
Try to be tidy from day one because it can get messy very easily. Jira is very flexible, and you can still move and migrate stuff around. However, the reality is that nobody is going to have the time later on to migrate and clean-up. I also recommend starting small because at the beginning it can be scary, especially for non-technical people. I'm thinking about the amount of notifications you'll get, for instance.
I would definitely start small and then slowly, while people are getting used to it, keep implementing it and adding features like roadmaps or dashboards. Try to have a plan or a scheme of how you want it to look before you actually start.
It's a great product and is widely used, so I would rate it at 8 on a scale from 1 to 10.
View full review »The main advice would be to just use it as much as possible and try to learn the basics of JQL, which is Jira's proprietary language that allows you to tell Jira exactly what you want to see. It is pretty self-explanatory and not hard to use. There are so many different fields in Jira such as issue type, key, sprint, summary, Epic Link, reporter, assigning, status, story points, and components. You can add the required columns to the Issue Navigator view, and it will spit back exactly what you wanted to see.
You should also learn what kind of value it can add to the organization before just jumping in. Try to talk to senior management and figure it out. You should learn how to read the burndown charts to basically understand how efficiently the team is working. Every organization has an IT organization, and I am sure the majority of them are using Jira.
I would rate Jira an eight out of ten. No tool is perfect, and there is obviously room for improvement.
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SujoyGuha
IT Release Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
I would recommend this solution. I would rate Jira a seven out of ten because there are some areas to be improved in Jira.
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Jamie Drummond
IT Project Manager at Gravity Diagnostics
I would advise going with the entire Atlassian suite. Don't just use one aspect of Jira, unless you have a very specific need for using bits and pieces. Jira is better when Confluence and everything can be integrated, and you have source code management and all of that from the same software or platform.
I would rate Jira a ten out of ten. I love Jira. It has the ability to just do everything, and it is a one-stop shop for all of your IT software development needs.
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Adil Fouari
Oracle Applications Consultant at ASAM Conseil Inc
If you're interested in using Jira, you have to just go ahead and buy it and use it. Try to use all the functions that are available. There's a lot of things to do in Jira. I recommend it.
Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give Jira a rating of seven.
View full review »I would rate this solution an eight out of 10.
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Matej Stastka
Projects & Partnerships at Zentity a.s.
I rate the overall solution ten. I am hesitant to use anything else for project management. There is some AI integration available on the cloud instance of Jira, which helps compiling JQL queries, particularly useful for business people who do not know the syntax.
View full review »While I'm new to the company, it's my understanding that it is a partner of Atlassian.
We use the latest version of the solution, as we use the cloud, which updates automatically.
Our company has both Azure DevOps and Jira. I use Jira, and Azure DevOps is used for other purposes. Most projects, all projects that are using Azure DevOps are legacy projects. The new projects and new solutions are using Jira.
On a scale from one to ten, I'd rate Jira at a ten. It's a very good product.
Both tools, Azure DevOps and Jira are at the same level. In terms of preference, I typically choose Azure DevOps for familiarity but not for features. For features, both are the same. For example, Jira has amazing features that Azure DevOps doesn't have, and also Azure DevOps has the flexibility that I like very much. Both tools have different interesting aspects. However, if Atlassian would implement traceability, I would prefer to use Atlassian. For me, it's more complete and allows for smaller teams than Azure DevOps.
View full review »I'm coming from an Azure DevOps background, and we use the integration board. It is very easy because the source code is there under one umbrella; however, Jira is not under the Azure DevOps umbrella. If your company is using Azure DevOps or Git as a repository, I recommend using the Azure DevOps board rather than Jira.
I would rate Jira at seven on a scale from one to ten.
View full review »I rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »I rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »I don't use Jira very often, and I don't have a lot of experience with it.
I would rate Jira a seven out of ten.
View full review »I would recommend this solution and rate it nine out of 10.
View full review »General advice would be to find out about customization features and multi-language support features.
I'm not a heavy user of this solution. From what I've used, I would rate it an eight out of 10.
View full review »I would recommend this solution to others if they cannot find a better one.
If someone wants to implement Jira, then it should be fully transitioned. In the beginning for us, it was not implemented one hundred percent, which caused some hassles for the transition for everyone.
We have benefited from the use of Jira has improved the way we operate. You can see what everyone is doing in your team and you can check and get updates on progress.
I rate Jira a seven out of ten.
View full review »My advice to others thinking about implementing Jira is if you only want it for the standard flows and use it as an issue tracker in a software development setting, it is a good solution. We are using the online version. If you are in need of changing workflows or appearance, fields, screens, et cetera, Jira is not able to do this well or it's not possible at all.
Jira has found its place in our organization and it does those tasks. They should focus on speed and stability, and in that order. It's excellent with regards to preexisting integrations but it is poor at configurability.
Whether Jira is a good solution for you depends on your use case. From what I have seen creating different workflows in Jira is not good.
I rate Jira a five out of five.
View full review »We are using the latest version of the solution.
You can use both cloud and on-premises deployments. Cloud deployments can be on various clouds, including Amazon, Microsoft Azure, et cetera. We are using GCP, for example.
I'd rate the solution at a ten out of ten.
View full review »The solution is very good and there is not much to improve. This has been working well. Our teams have been happily using it.
I rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »As far as I know, we are just a customer. We don't have a partnership or anything with Jira.
I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.
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Mohammad Ranjbar
Product Owner at Day Insurance
My recommendation, for sure, is that a person go with Azure DevOps.
I rate Jira as a six out of ten.
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Boulat-Ashimov
IT Process Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
I would rate this solution 9 out of 10.
The only thing that I'd like to advise is to just monitor the market and keep an eye on comparison between the Jira and ClickUp.
View full review »I would rate this solution 10 out of 10. I recommend Jira. For the time being, everything is good. Their support is good. The platform is good. There are no issues with them on any level. We mainly picked Jira because of its stability, integration, and price. If a solution is well integrated in our environment, and it's not costly, why not configure it?
The biggest thing I have taken away from working with Jira is that it's very simple.
View full review »I rate this solution an eight out of ten. I think it's much better than other competitors' products.
View full review »This tool has good capabilities but you really need to know what you want to do and freeze down your requirements before using it. It can be challenging when people don't understand the difference between Kanban and Scrum, and how you use those boards effectively.
I rate this solution eight out of 10.
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GabrielChung
Technical Director
We are Atlassian partners.
We are using the current version, the latest version right now.
We use both cloud or on-premises deployment models. It's a hybrid approach.
I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. I'd recommend the product to other users.
View full review »I would rate JIRA nine out of 10. From a technical background, it depends on what you would like to use — which stack you want to go for. In other words, it depends upon the kind of infrastructure you have right now. For example, say you are developing software on Microsoft's .Net framework, then you are obviously already using Visual Studio and Microsoft Stack. In that case, it's a lot easier to integrate with TFS. But if you are using open-source solutions, like a Java platform, you can go for JIRA. So it totally depends upon the technical capability, or technical infrastructure one has.
View full review »I would rate it at least a 9 out of 10. That's because I never had any issues with it. It always did what I needed it to do.
View full review »I would recommend this solution to others, it is a good option.
I rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »I rate JIRA nine out of 10. I would recommend it.
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Marielle PORPORAT
Middle Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
My advice to those wanting to implement Jira is to have a lot of support. In our company, we started out small with only approximately 25 people and then we expanded quickly. Jira can be complex to manage, and it is better to have some advice or some people to help with the implementation.
I rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »We are a customer and an end-user. We use Jira for internal projects. I'm a Java architect.
I'd rate the solution at a ten out of ten. I'm very satisfied with its capabilities.
View full review »I have found the cloud deployment better than the on-premise. However, for those wanting to implement this solution, I would advise them to compare the pros and cons of each before making their selection.
I rate Jira a ten out of ten.
View full review »I don't know what to compare it to. It is not an A product, but it's a strong piece.
I would rate Jira an eight out of ten.
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Barış Külah
Software Development Manager at System Optima
I got it set up when I joined this company, and now I manage users here. It has integration with Bitbucket. It is fine for us.
I would rate Jira a nine out of 10.
View full review »I rate Jira seven out of 10.
I would advise those wanting to implement this solution to contact an expert.
This solution is a top-of-the-line CRM, I have used the others solutions, and it has the most flexibility and the best visibility.
I rate Jira a nine out of ten.
View full review »I would rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »I would rate Jira an eight out of 10.
View full review »We're an Atlassian partner.
In terms of project management, Trello is not enough of a solution to manage complex projects and maybe some new functions can be developed. I'm not saying that Jira has to develop that, or that Atlassian has to develop that. Perhaps there is something that we can do to create a referring community to develop those new use cases and more simple use cases, and, at the same time, use them for more general purposes in the company. Atlassian fits in the technical side, in the IT side really well. It just needs to move to become friendly in a retail workspace environment, outside of its traditionally technical background.
Overall, I would rate the solution at an eight out of ten.
I would recommend the solution to other users and organizations.
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Kamal Solanki
Program Manager, Project Manager and Scrum Master at Iplanet Information Systems
The solution is fairly good at doing a lot of things, and is potentially very good, but it takes some getting up to speed on. I've used a product called Kanban Flow, and that's very intuitive, very easy to use. Jira seems to be more complicated and requires having specialists on board so that if you have a problem, you can get help immediately without having to go through the ordeal of submitting a ticket and waiting two or three days to get a response, which may not be helpful at all.
I rate this solution a five out of 10.
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Osama Shatarah
Product Owner at mega trust
I'm a customer and an end-user.
I would rate the solution at an eight out of ten. For the most part, we have been satisfied with its capabilities.
I would recommend the solution, however, I would warn that likely a company will also need to add many plugins in order to get the solution to do what they need it to.
View full review »I would rate Jira at eight on a scale from one to ten.
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Emmanuel Auffray
Enterprise Solution Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
I would rate Jira a five out of ten.
View full review »We make use of the solution on Jira Cloud.
While I cannot say with certainty, I would estimate the number of users in our organization at a thousand-plus.
This figure contemplates different departments, such as that involving support.
My advice is that someone in a large enterprise first give consideration to the issue of governance before implementing the solution. For a small team it is ready to use straight out of the box. One need just try and stay with the default workflows. There is no need to overengineer the product.
The product is good, stable and very cost-effective for small teams. These are some of its advantages.
I rate Jira as a seven out of ten.
My advice is to work closely with Atlassian to make sure that all the designs are future-proof.
It is tough for me to Rate the solution. There are features needing improvement, but also many good things about Atlassian. As such, I rate Jira as a seven out of ten.
I would recommend getting sound knowledge first. It is difficult to go back later to fix things, so try to build it right the first time.
For the functionality that exists, I think that it's good.
I would rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »I would recommend Jira because it helps from a functional point of view and also with tracking defects. It is similar to Quality Center and is good.
I would rate it at seven on a scale from one to ten.
View full review »Jira is a big platform, and you can use staff management, project management, and other fields that all companies want to use. If you use Jira, you will see the whole IT governance in one system.
With this solution, we can see the full picture in detail, but it can be improved. Resource planning is not easy for our project base.
I would rate Jira a seven out of 10. It will be an eight in the future. I need more time to work on Jira.
We are just customers and end-users.
As we are using the cloud version of the solution, we are always on the most up-to-date version.
For simple project management, Jira is too much. If you want to manage a project precisely, however, then I can recommend Jira. It's not only a software-specific version. There are different versions of Jira so that you can apply it to different areas - not just software. That is one good aspect. I'd say that it is very polished, and has a very well-defined approach to project management.
I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. We've mostly been happy with how it's worked for us.
View full review »I would recommend this solution. I would rate Jira an eight out of 10. It is definitely not perfect, but it is almost perfect.
View full review »This is a powerful tool and allows a lot of collaboration, it's worth spending some time figuring out how your workflows will be, that's where the real value is.
I rate this solution an eight out of 10.
View full review »I rate this solution an eight out of 10.
View full review »I would definitely recommend this product because it's scalable and easy to use. They provide best practice articles and quick start tutorials which are very helpful. If a new user has all the documentation, they can go from zero to hero very quickly.
I rate this solution a 10 out of 10.
I would recommend this product for people who have agility.
I rate this solution an eight out of 10.
Overall, this is a very good product and I think that it is the best project management tool. It is used company-wide and I recommend it.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
View full review »This is definitely a tool that I would recommend to people, depending on their needs.
In summary, it is a good product and the only room for improvement that I can see is that it needs better integration.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
View full review »I would recommend Jira for Sprint management. But when it comes to documentation of manual tests, I would say, "Okay, you can buy it if you want to have one package, but you can also have a look at something different."
On a scale from one to ten, I would give Jira a solid eight.
View full review »I would rate Jira an eight out of ten because of its flexibility. I like the controls on it.
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Alain Aina
Owner at TRS
I would recommend this solution. I would rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »I would 100% recommend this solution to others. We plan to keep using it.
I would rate Jira a nine out of ten.
View full review »I would recommend this product. Overall, it is a good product. It supports scrum and agile developments. It has a lot of benefits that can be applied very quickly in organizations.
I would advise others to do a test installation and make sure that it fits their needs. Experiment with the multitudes of features that it has. I know there are lots of modules. There are probably many features that we are not using.
I would give it very high marks. I would rate Jira a nine out of ten. There is always something you could improve on it.
I'm just a customer and an end-user. I don't have a business relationship with Jira.
It's my understanding that we are using the latest version of the solution, however, I am not 100% positive that is the case. I don't know the version number off-hand. I am also not sure which deployment model we are using and if it is deployed on cloud or on-premises.
I'd recommend the solution to other organizations.
I would rate the solution at an eight out of ten overall.
View full review »I would advise others wanting to purchase the solution that they can improve their business UX. This solution has been established in the market and is commonly used in many project management sectors because it can be easily used once you have experience. If you are new to this solution it could be confusing to some people because there is not a proper project flow. For example, Once you create a ticket or any task, you are not able to see what you just created in the notification area. Currently, you receive a pop-up and it will go off after some time, if you do not click the pop-up when it comes up you will have to refresh, go back to the project, and then find out the task from there. This could be simplified in the future.
They provide a product that is very good but in terms of a presentation, they have room to improve.
I rate Jira a nine out of ten.
View full review »The most important thing is to precisely decide your flows and different stages and cycles. If all these are very clear, you won't have a problem setting up Jira.
I would rate Jira a nine out of ten.
View full review »We are a customer and end-user of the product.
I would highly recommend not using this product if your focus is software development. Organizations should seriously consider alternatives such as Azure DevOps or TFS, which are more focused on modern interfaces and more accurately modeled to modern workflows.
I'd rate the solution at about a three out of ten. It doesn't really offer a whole lot that's actually usable from a software development context beyond extremely simple and free alternatives.
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Prem Lingala
Customer Success Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
It is a well-crafted product. I don't have any concerns.
I would rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »On a scale of one to ten, I would give Jira a seven.
To be a ten, there should be more options where you just click and drag. That would be nice. It's hard to copy and paste requirements. You lose your formatting and everything. So just simple navigation stuff should be improved.
View full review »We are just a JIRA customer and an end-user.
We are using the latest version of the solution. I'm not exactly sure of the version number.
We do not plan to switch to another solution. We're quite happy with this product overall.
I would rate the solution at an eight out of ten.
View full review »I think the technical support and the customization of the line of business are the most important points for me as a BA. I don't think the license for a business is low.
We think - so far so good.
On a scale of one to ten, I would give Jira an eight out of 10.
Nothing is perfect.
View full review »I would definitely recommend Jira for project management and similar uses, as well as other products from Atlassian like Bamboo.
Jira isn't what you would call a "coded solution" for scrum or anything like that, but it's able to do a lot of different things for people who are looking for that kind of thing. If you are looking for a custom-made solution specifically for agile or scrum, then you can go try other products like Valley or others. But if you want a good general-purpose project management system with solid integration solutions like Bamboo, then I think Jira is the product for you.
I would rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »We're just customers and end-users. We don't have a specific business relationship with Jira.
I'm not sure of which version of the solution we're using currently. It's my understanding that it is the latest version. I'm not sure if we are using the cloud or the on-premises deployment version.
Currently, I'm more focused on the Micro Focus product as opposed to Jira. That's more where my expertise is at the moment.
That said, it's pretty easy to use and I would recommend Jira to other organizations for that reason.
Overall, I would rate it at a seven out of ten.
View full review »Depending on the use cases, I would either recommend Jira or not.
I would rate this solution a six out of ten.
View full review »To a certain extent, maybe 70% to 80%, Jira will meet your project development budget. It has integrations with other platforms, so if you want to put it in your DevOps continuous integration flow, it can be done.
If you're engaging in software development, there should be a single repository where you store everything. Then you can start managing it with Jira based on the business requirements and the user stories.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give Jira a seven.
View full review »I use the current version of the solution.
Right now, I'm on the free version. I'm just trying it out right now, to see if I like it.
I would recommend the solution to other organizations.
Overall, I would rate it at a seven out of ten.
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Hemnaad Chinnuraj
Senior Software Engineer at Datta Tech Consulting
It is essential to track efforts right from the beginning of the project i.e the from the day of planning and incubation to delivery and deployment.
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MallikKesavaraju
Scaled Agile Consultant at Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
We are using the latest version of the solution.
It's a great piece of software. If you really want to do agile software project management Jira is definitely should be a top choice for you.
I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
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José ANgel Aguirre Abad
Manager at M2C
I would recommend this solution. We are interested in migrating to Jira and using it as our internal tool for agile projects and for controlling the IT software development cycle for projects like consulting or API. It will be more used for agile projects. It is a good tool. We also have the latest version of Microsoft Teams, but it is limited. It is better to use Jira.
I would rate Jira a nine out of ten.
View full review »We're just a customer. We don't have a business relationship with Jira.
I'm not sure of which version of the solution we are using.
I'd recommend others go ahead and try the trial version of the product. If, after that, it seems to fit your needs, a company should go ahead and implement it fully.
Overall, I would rate the solution nine out of ten.
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GkTan
Managing Director at Nevigate Communications (S) Pte Ltd
It is an excellent tool to summarize and get our stacks of data into a platform for operational overview and interface tracking. It is very useful for us.
I would rate JIRA a nine out of ten. Not a ten because of the GUI pie chart. The beauty of the dashboard is not perfect, so I subtracted some points.
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Ahmed Abdelwahab
Corporate Performance Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
We're just a customer. We don't have a business relationship with Jira.
We're using the latest version minus one, due to the fact that it was installed year. That upgrade was last year and it is my understanding that there is another version coming up.
I'd recommend this solution to other companies.
The product is very scalable and it's very flexible to match any organization, however, the trick to using Jira effectively is that there should be a business process documented in place before using it straight. The mistake that many people do is they consider the tool as the base and they configure their processes according to this. If they work the other way around and have a great process between all cycles, and then implement that process on Jira, it's very beneficial.
Overall, I would rate the solution eight out of ten.
View full review »Have a training session before you begin using it. That tool is good for teamwork, but it doesn't replace a face-to-face discussion. Among yourselves and your teams, establish some conventions as to how you will describe your tasks — what criteria will be acceptable? Include a section for requirements, have a section dedicated to discovering your setup because the tool has its limits. It helps you organize your work, but it doesn't replace the self-discipline of the developers to stick to some team conventions — that's also really helpful to get the full benefits of that tool.
One of the main advantages is that everything becomes visible when you use this tool. When your work is done in full daylight, it's difficult at the beginning because you feel like everybody's looking at what you do — it's all visible. They can access the information through JIRA, but at the same time, you're not going to get stuck too long in your corner. The drawback is that you feel more like you are being spied on. It feels like you're working in an aquarium. Everything you do is visible. But at the same time, you're not going to get stuck on your own. Without this tool, it's easy to get stuck on your own.
There's room for improvement. Sometimes the window is too crowded and the integration capabilities need to be improved. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give Jira a rating of eight.
I would highly recommend Jira to other interested companies.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give Jira a rating of eight.
View full review »I would guess we are using the latest version of the solution as we're using the cloud solution. I'm guessing that it's continuously updated automatically.
I'd advise others to consider the solution. However, It depends on what they're trying to achieve. There are a lot of easier project management tools like Monday.com, for instance. It's a lot easier to get up and running.
If your vision is to become a larger software development company, monday.com might be something that is usable for project managers. However, it wouldn't be a good tool, at least how I've seen it, to connect everything together as we're able to do in the JIRA cloud with all the connecting apps. I would guess we would be able to integrate Monday to JIRA or something like that.
It's really easy to get JIRA connected to Confluence and Bitbucket and to have the service desk as well. That way, everything is in one place. Again, it depends, on based on where you're heading. If the company is looking for easy project management, there's a lot of tools that would be just as good as the JIRA. If you're looking to distributing the teams and connecting a whole ecosystem, then definitely JIRA is a good pick.
I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.
View full review »I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using Jira because you can do a lot with it. However, I think that as you start working, you should start small. Work with it and try to configure things that you really need.
Involve the whole team in what you are going to use and how you're going to use it.
I would rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »We're just a customer.
I'd advise, for those users who don't need an enterprise-level environment, that they go for a cloud deployment. For others, they don't really have a choice. They will have to follow up with enterprise security and other protocols. There are not that many options, I would say.
I have learned that Jira, starting in 2024, will not be available as a server installation anymore. Soon there won't be any options at all. It will be the cloud or nothing.
Overall, I'd rate the solution ten out of ten. It's a very good product.
For small teams, the cloud works well. You can do basically whatever you want there, so it's fine. It's also not cost intensive if you're talking about using it for small teams.
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DebBeveridge
Senior Scrum Master at MobilFlex
We're just customers. My company doesn't have a professional relationship with Jira.
I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. I'm not sure of the last time we updated the solution. I've only been at the company for six months.
I'd advise other companies to dedicate two full-time people to learn the solution and train other team members. It's a big learning curve for users. It takes time to get into it. Having dedicated trainers would help onboard people.
Overall, I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. If it was more intuitive, and there was less of a learning curve for new users, I'd rate it much higher.
View full review »Jira as it is, is a very nice tool. For capacity planning and resourcing, I think it is not built for this and we are trying to make use of it in that area.
I would rate Jira a seven out of ten.
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István Szirtes
Product Owner at Ericsson
I prefer some different practices, like story mapping and inbox mapping or strategy planning. The story mapping is included in all Jira installation. It would be good to see some features for strategy and portfolio handling planning in Jira. I have used Aha! and this tool has a very good framework with a good toolset. The toolset for strategy planning, toolset for portfolio handling, toolset for product handling, and toolset for daily work handling is very good. I think the Aha! team did very good work. I know that this company is an American company and is a competitor for Jira and for some other tools. Unfortunately, I never heard about this tool before and don't know any other company using this tool, but the tool is very impressive. There are a lot of good features. It would be good to see something like that in Jira.
I would rate Jira a seven out of ten. I would give it a higher number if the features that I mentioned for the strategy planning would be included in the framework.
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Ilan Tokazier
Senior Quality Consultant at Knowit
My advice to anyone thinking about Jira is that it would be wise to at least find out the most crucial functions that you need in the product, what features are most important, determine how the project will use Jira, and the most important thing is to have some kind of user training plan because the tool is so complex and flexible that you can use it in many, many different ways.
On a scale of one to ten, I would give Jira a nine.
I would give it a nine because of course it needs some improvements. For example, the usability and its speed.
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Hafez Elhawary
Senior Quality Control Engineer at Link Development
I would recommend JIRA to somebody considering it. I love working with it.
I would rate it a seven out of ten. In the next release, they should make the process easier to be customized.
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Hashem Alhariri
IT Testing Manager at Cloud Solutions
Jira is an amazing tool, but to get the process streamlined is a challenge. So don't start from Jira. Start with your process first. Agree on the workflow, identify all the stakeholders, and then from there you can go ahead with Jira and implement anything.
On a scale of one to ten, I give Jira a 10.
Everything already provided is perfect. We are using Jira perfectly for one year now and it's absolutely great.
View full review »It's difficult for me to tell you everything that Jira has to offer when I am still learning. I am trying to educate myself to have a better understanding. I want to learn more.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
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Simon Kerry
Group CTO at a retailer with 51-200 employees
My advice for anybody who is considering this solution is to ensure that it meets your requirements. For example, we have been trying to use it for help desk management, but have found that is not well suited for this task.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
View full review »This product has steadily improved since the time I started working with it.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
View full review »My advice for anybody who is implementing Jira is that it easy to use but you want to understand what your requirements are. You want to know what you want to use it for, and what you want to achieve by using it.
With Jira, you get what you input, in terms of your data. For me, I get what I need out of it.
I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.
View full review »We're just customers. We don't have any type of professional relationship with Jira. We aren't integrators or resellers.
I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. I'd rate it higher, however, if the solution wasn't quite so dense and complex. It would be helpful if there were training modules to help teams and users better utilize the full solution. As of right now, we've never really mastered the solution to its full capacity. I'm sure the solution has much more to offer, however, we have only really dug into some basic features. Our organization doesn't really emphasize the usage of the system.
I'd recommend those considering using the solution to really get some training before they begin and to maybe try doing some pilot projects to test its capabilities. Jira, as is my understanding, does offer a free trial, and new users would benefit from taking advantage of that.
View full review »We're an Atlassian partner.
I'm actually using various versions of the solution. I stick with versions seven and eight, mostly.
I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.
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Michel Ranero
Project Manager at Ibermatica
My advice for anybody who is implementing Jira is to install the plugin from Micro Focus because it is a better way to manage the interrelationship between these two tools.
Overall, my experience with Jira is pretty good.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
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Meryeme Bensouda
Global Client Support Operations Manager at kyriba
I'd advise other companies to go for it and try using it. Jira is one of the biggest players in the market. It's a scalable solution and very user-friendly. The onboarding is quite simple. I have never been trained and I've been using it for the four past years. Whenever there is a new release on Jira, we get a guide, which is helpful, and instructions as we use the latest version that comes in the form of pop-ups on your screen. If you want, you can just disregard it, but once you discover them, you can just hover over with your mouse and you can see the new features. If an organization is looking for something that will be easy for its workforce to adapt to, Jira would be a smart choice.
With the communication and the bridges that we've established with other tools, it's helping other teams get the information they need without having to get the Jira license or get them to go onto Jira. They just need to find their tool and they get the update from Jira in real-time.
View full review »I would rate it a five out of ten because it gets the job done.
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Walter Ebeling
Product Group Lead Warehousing Solutions at Kühne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG
JIRA, its add-ons, and the Atlassian product world are already very powerful and it is difficult to name significant blank spaces.
This is a very powerful solution. Get some advice and training to make the most out of it. You may miss out on some of the capabilities if you don't.
View full review »My advice for anyone who is implementing this solution is to ensure that your in-house processes are clear. Things have to be clear, as much as flexible, because if it is not correctly configured then it could just be a mess. So, you have to be very clear on what your processes are in-house, and then based on that you can translate them into Jira.
Knowing in advance what kind of information you're looking for from Jira will help you in being able to set it up correctly.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
View full review »It is an excellent tool for project management.
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Anaya Struncova
Software Developer at DataStax
This software is ideal for tracking problems, managing, planning and carrying out real-time monitoring of the tasks or projects you want to develop in a much simpler way and in the shortest possible time. So I think that if you are looking for a solution that is based on more than the management, this is the indicated choice.
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Kijal Parekh
Digital Test Lead at a comms service provider with 1-10 employees
It is a user-friendly solution that is simple to use.
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KevinCharlton
Senior IT Test Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
My advice to future users is to check out sources like YouTube and look at the main features you want. Potentially with JIRA, particularly with the cloud version, they have a seven day trial. I suggest that future users sign up for the free trial to make sure the features of JIRA meet their personal requirements. Also, the user should make sure that JIRA is a good fit for the user's organization.
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EngagemeDir320
Pre-Sales Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Most important criteria when selecting a vendor:
- Usability: It should be easy to use. People should not have to undergo a lot of training because it should be intuitive.
- It should be scalable and a cloud solution.
- It should not be expensive. Cost is a major driver because I work in pre-sales.
I would tell a colleague looking for this type of solution to look at Microsoft TFS and VSTS.
Most important criteria when selecting vendor:
- A well-known vendor for the software.
- A good reputation.
- Compare what other companies are using.
- The look and feel of the user interface.
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rdmanager94851
R&D manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Understand your own process: What you are looking for, the size of your company, what your budget is, and the larger plans for the future. There are tools that scale better than others and there are solutions that fit to both small and big teams. There are tools which scale better for larger companies.
Most important criteria when evaluating a vendor:
- We evaluate the company's strategy.
- If they bought an legacy solution to add to the portfolio or if they are developing from scratch.
- What are their plans for the future?
- What type of support do they have?
- What is their business model?
- Do they have domestic experience or not?
- Are they focusing only on a few customers, and the size of those customers?
I would rate it at nine out of 10 because there is always room for improvement, but we love this tool and we use it a lot.
I would recommend JIRA. Compare all the tools for bug and task management. After that, you'll see that JIRA is by far the best.
View full review »When I am evaluating a product or vendor, I have some intuition about it. I see how the thing is built and works, and I go by my own impression. For me, that is important. And, of course, price and maturity of the product, along with flexibility, are important criteria.
I would rate this solution a 10 out of 10. It's an excellent product. It has already improved. It has good support. From the beginning, it was very smart and customizable and built well, works well. There are almost no bugs that I have discovered. It's a good product.
I just saw an advertisement on the street for a product called Monday.com. I read a few lines, a few words about it. I hadn't heard of it before that, but I understand it does something similar to JIRA. Obviously, I can recommend using JIRA but if you are searching for something else, the first impression I got from reading the home page of Monday.com was good, so maybe it's worth evaluating.
View full review »It is very capable, but also very complicated.
Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: reliability.
I rate it an eight out of 10. It's easy to use. People can become productive with this tool in a short time, and it is really the right solution for an Agile environment.
A lot of solutions show very well on paper. When you are selecting a solution, do a proof of concept in the environment.
I'm not the selector of the vendor, but from what I can tell, from what our IT selects, the vendor should be
- available for global support, should be accessible in 24 hours, if there's a larger issue
- able to collaborate with large enterprises, which sometimes have different cultures, different languages
- able to integrate into the existing work environment - we have this tool, and that tool; the tool should fit into our tool landscape
- able to provide training.
I would rate JIRA a nine out of 10. It's not a 10 because it's inconsistent, sometimes, in how it acts and reacts, like my example with the Epics. But it's a high rating because it's user friendly, it's easy to use, you do not need much training on it. If you know how to work with Scrum, you can easily use it for your own work in a small team. For multiple teams, I'm not sure. I can't judge this because I haven't done this yet.
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Jonathan Machado
Senior Test Engineer at a venture capital & private equity firm with 10,001+ employees
Learn every module you use (a lot!) before jumping to other modules, like we did, with JIRA Testing and Atlassian Confluence, because the conversation between those modules can be troublesome if you don't know exactly what it wants.
The product helps us a lot. It can handle the main features that it's supposed to in a proper manner, so we don't have any frustrations in our daily activities.
JIRA is very good. With another tool, like Confluence, HipChat, Trello, Bitbucket, Bamboo, and FishEye. It creates a robust project and product management process.
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View full review »Ensure that your admins learn by first installing to a QA server for experimentation, if you are doing it on-premises. As for those learning it in the cloud version, create dummy projects, categorize them as such, and be careful about how many changes you make at once.
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Matt Mullaney
Partner at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
Establish a basic project management methodology and workflow first, with clear roles and responsibilities, and then use this product to execute. It is only as effective as you are disciplined in your sprint planning and execution.
View full review »It rocks simply.
View full review »This product is easy to set-up. There are many add-on applications to assist you further to manage all requirements such as Confluence for document control, Capture for testing, etc.
View full review »JIRA is tool. As with any tool, it needs to be in the hands of the right person to be used effectively. The administrator and/or trainer in your company should be very competent with JIRA, as they will be leading the effort. JIRA is powerful, but what truly makes it a powerful tool is integration with other Atlassian packages and third-party software. JIRA should almost always be used in conjunction with Confluence. There are many integrations available such as GitHub and many other applications.
View full review »Review all your use cases for the tools to see if Atlassian matches up nicely to those you need; makes integration easier when all are from one provider. Be sure you understand what you are licensed for and what costs extra. For example, do you need portfolio management? Because, if you do, it's an extra cost.
View full review »This is a good product, and I would back it every time.
View full review »If you are an agile development team, go for it. I would advise that f your dev team have problems accessing HP Quality Center, go for it and integrate Jira with Quality Center.
View full review »Then they look into the systems and realize what risks there are and are usually slow on the uptake to designate these systems as Class A or B critical systems. They may be surprised at how many individual systems have sprouted across their organizations. You can find yourself in an organization with multiple JIRA instances due to the grass roots nature of adoption, with dozens of workflows and hundreds of custom fields in each instance.
It can be a lot of work to pull these together under compliance and DevOps. Would be much easier to accept these tools as mission critical, or at least realize their importance, and grow them correctly.
View full review »Small teams and small projects may consider this as good option.
View full review »This tool has some good bug tracking, issue tracking and project management features. One of the best feature is its integration with other tools which I love, but at the same time, it has some limitations as well.
This is a great product, but I always say before jumping into using it, go through the user guide. Also, if possible, look for some tutorial videos to get the full use of its functionalities.
View full review »Keep it simple. . . minimize the add-ons and customizations!
View full review »I would recommend buying premier support for half the price and training your folks internally. It’s really not at all what we felt was advertised.
View full review »I would tell people to understand your growth and usage up front – really comes down to understanding that and keeping it under control. We grew too fast and weren’t prepared for the issues that came with that; you want to make sure you have a good performance testing environment in place, datacenter etc. so you’re not scrambling afterwards.
View full review »As an Enterprise customer, evaluate what you really need. If it's tech support above/beyond what comes with the subscription, go with the Enterprise tech support instead.
TAM is when you really need/want an advocate within Atlassian. For instance, our program and product management groups set up an on-site meeting with our TAM to discuss JIRA Portfolio, and they were able to ask questions of the Portfolio product manager as well as the TAM after a solid demo. Without a TAM in place, this type of thing would have been impossible short of sending everyone to the Atlassian Summit (User Conference) every year. That’s invaluable.
Another recent example is that we had a problem with a plug-in owned by Atlassian, but because we have our TAM in place he was able to get us in touch with the plugin developer directly and we've skipped weeks of struggle.
It's all about advocacy, insight into product roadmaps, best practices, etc.
View full review »Before making a decision have a look at the requested features and bug fixes – see what has not been addressed and what the plans are to address the features of greatest interest to you.
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The main thing you should think about before you start implementing JIRA is ask yourself - "What result do I want to get from the solution? What problems do I have? What problems do my employees have? You should dream about your ideal team of employees and you must make your dreams a reality, and JIRA will help you with it".
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The most frustrating part of implementing a new management system is "you don't know what you don't know", so it's easy to miss which questions to ask or requests to make. JIRA has a LOT of knobs and levers to pull and is many layers deep in it's setup. If you're not intimately familiar with its offerings, I highly suggest using a consultant or vendor to help step through the implementation. I also suggest being specific in needs and wants. We’ve found JIRA is flexible enough to adapt to our needs more often than we have to adapt to its offerings.
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Go for it!
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This is a very cost effective application if you are looking to do application development, incident management, request fulfillment, problem management, knowledge management, or project tracking at a low maturity.
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Read the online documentation, know what processes and procedures you wish to implement first, and keep it simple. Workflows can collapse under their own weight if they're overly complex for the sake of complexity, simply because "that's just the way things have always been done". Simplify simply simplify.
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I recommend JIRA Agile to anyone looking for a mature, easy to use and customizable issue tracking system, especially in the context of large, geographically distributed teams. I also believe it is important not to spend excessive time trying to configure it to cover every process and situation from the very beginning, but to focus on the essentials first and then adapt as the project evolves.
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Jira is one of the best bug tracking, issue tracking and project management tools available in the market. It can be easily integrated with various 3rd party plugins related to project management, source code control systems, code review systems etc. Jira user interface is not very good, but is pretty decent. It is primarily suitable for small and medium organizations
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Having used JIRA for the last 2 years, I can definitely say that having this tool with you is a big plus when it comes to project management. Plugin architecture and support for the popular version controls systems like SVN, CVS, etc., which makes it even better. Although, there is still room for improvement in areas like user interface and the search functionality which doesn't support arbitrary AND/NOT/OR queries.
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Jira is a bug and issue tracker primarily intended for software development. We use Jira internally to track all engagements within our team; as well as track bugs and issues for the web apps we develop. Jira is a very customizable product. It has a built in field builder that essentially lets you choose what fields you want to capture for your project. You can configure Jira’s custom fields at a system-wide, project specific and/or issue type level. Jira’s reporting component (or ‘filters’) make it easy to extract the information you want out of the system in several formats. Finally, Jira’s workflow features make it easy to define screens, based on business processes you might have.
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Good investment.
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I rate Jira an eight out of ten.
View full review »Jira is definitely recommended. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
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