Director of IT at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Features great, extensibility not bad, the price good. If you are looking for an issue/bug tracking tool, and want a little more than the open-source alternatives, Jira is a great choice.
What is most valuable?
- Jira is used for bug tracking, issue tracking, and project management.
- Jira has a powerful API, which means you can easily import or mash up your data with another system if need be – you haven’t locked yourself in!
- Jira has been designed with a focus on task achievement, is instantly usable, and is flexible to work with.
-you can create individual issue level security schemes, and specify the visibility of comments and work logs.
What needs improvement?
-At first, the documentation is typically light on needed information, is buggy, or is a little old. In general I found that I needed to do a bit of searching between the Jira documentation, issue tracking system, and the forums in order to get the information I needed, and it still didn't answer all of my questions. For the rest, I took a look at existing plug-ins to see how they had solved the problems.
-I have found that Jira's customization can be very confusing in terms of configs and work flows, issue types, custom fields, etc. One should be confident and willing to do a lot of homework when taking on the implementation of anything other than the out-of-the-box functionality.
What other advice do I have?
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.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Sales at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Gets the job done (well)
Valuable Features:
Straightforward system that gets the job done. Easy to use and user-friendly.
Room for Improvement:
This may not satisfy complex enterprise requirements that need a customizable platform.
Other Advice:
Good investment.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Software Testing Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Simple installation, integrates well, and plenty of tools
Pros and Cons
- "Jira is easy to use and there are a lot of tools that are integrated with it."
- "The solution can improve by including test management functionality in a native bundle without plugins."
What is our primary use case?
We use Jira strategic management and overall best practices management.
What is most valuable?
Jira is easy to use and there are a lot of tools that are integrated with it.
What needs improvement?
The solution can improve by including test management functionality in a native bundle without plugins.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Jira for several years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I have found Jira to be stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Jira is scalable.
We have approximately 50 users using this solution in my organization.
How are customer service and support?
I have not used technical support.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is simple.
What about the implementation team?
We had our internal IT team that did the implementation and we do not require maintenance.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We are on an annual license to use Jira.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I evaluated other options. I choose Jira to work with because it is a popular solution and many of our customers use it.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Jira an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Project Management Officer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Great for creating tasks and tracking productivity of my development team
Pros and Cons
- "Great for tracking my development team's productivity."
- "The support could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case for JIRA is for project tracking to see where our development team productivity is.
What is most valuable?
This product has been very helpful for me in terms of creating tasks and tracking my development team's productivity.
What needs improvement?
I think support could be improved, in particular it would be helpful having a login for the support team.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using this solution for six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This solution is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This solution is scalable.
How was the initial setup?
It was easy to deploy this locally, I'm not sure if it would be the same at enterprise level. We have nearly 300 users in the company.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I've tried some other solutions including Plenty, ClickUp and Azure. I feel that Jira is far better than these other solutions.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this product for people who have agility.
I rate this solution an eight out of 10.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
System Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Effective defect management, saves time, and has substantial analytics
Pros and Cons
- "Jira provides substantial analytical aspects, especially in defect categorization and routing."
- "From an automation perspective, there are more aspects that could be needed, especially regarding natural language reporting in the generative AI context."
What is our primary use case?
I have used Jira for defect management and issue management. This includes defect categorization, defect analysis, and defect summary, as well as exporting the defects. I have primarily used it from a user side perspective in both ITSM and agile delivery contexts.
How has it helped my organization?
Jira provides substantial analytical aspects, especially in defect categorization and routing. These features contribute to significant effort savings, roughly between ten to 15 person-days. Additionally, it aids in program management and overall effort management.
What is most valuable?
Jira provides substantial analytical aspects, especially in defect categorization and routing. These features contribute to significant effort savings, roughly between ten to fifteen person-days. Additionally, it aids in program management and overall effort management.
What needs improvement?
From an automation perspective, there are more aspects that could be needed, especially regarding natural language reporting in the generative AI context. I did an integration with UiPath on Jira, focusing on defect routing, however, the API documentation was not adequate.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used Jira for almost eight to ten years.
What other advice do I have?
Jira is definitely recommended. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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