We are using Jira Service Management along with a series of other tools. We use it primarily for developing our knowledge management and for scaling our service-level agreements management.
There are two things that I value very much about this product. One is the service levels management – the SLA agreement management part of it – and knowledge management.
The other part that I haven't used as much, but I do value, is the reporting and analytics part of it.
When looking at the overall suite of tools, I know there's a problem with the administration side of things since I have never come across a person who I would say is an expert in the administration side of things.
Some Jira products, or particularly this one, have a duplication of entries problem. That needs to be sanitized on a regular basis and that can itself prove cumbersome if the administrator is not a subject matter expert.
The training manuals, patches, and release notes could be improved to be a bit more accessible. In the next release, this product should improve on the educational side to include webinars and training sessions.
Also, I would like something that can measure better performance output.
We're looking to use it more, particularly in the context of incident management and problem resolution. However, we're finding that, like everything else, there are always challenges with every tool. We've had to look at getting more training done because it's quite a steep curve for people who haven't used the solution. It's only a handful of us that have actually really been exposed to the Jira suite of tools, and we're gradually taking our time with it.
The vendor, who is no longer in business, negated to tell us that the total cost of ownership was going to be quite steep. So normally you have tools where the total cost of ownership over a period of time, means it pays for itself either in terms of how you use it or in terms of how you implement it if you're servicing other third-party clients. However, because of the pandemic, our total cost of ownership has become a bit longer and it's taking more time to get to speed with how to get to use the tool, and how to get it customized in a particular manner. And then, over a period of time, we still have to "decide whether it is the most suitable in terms of a service management tools."
I have been using Jira Service Management Service for a couple of years. It falls under the Atlassian suite, so I have used the actual project management tool for over 10 years. Over a period of time, we've graduated within the entity to use other aspects of Jira Service Management, particularly within the context of its ITSM capabilities, which is IT Service Management, just for being explicit. But it provides us with a lot of aspects relating to incident management. From a chain management perspective, it's allowed us to get an insight into how to better plan and improve our decision-making process.
When it comes to the stability of this solution, I would rate it a six, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.
I would rate the scalability of this solution a five, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best. I think in terms of what it offers from a scalable point of view, it's not too cumbersome. There are times when it looks as if it's quite complex.
I would rate their technical support a six, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.
I would rate the initial setup process a four, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best. The reason for this mark is that it's a challenging process and it's very time-consuming and it requires dedicated resources for the setup.
We implemented this solution in-house.
The price is a point of contention for me. It does overall work out as a significant amount of money that will be spent over a shorter period of time. We are having to review what we are paying for the solution now, which means that we are probably putting out too much money for it.
At this point in time, we've accepted the hit and it's going to be a huge investment in terms of time and resources. We can't do anything about that now. We're going to have to make the best due of what we have for now.
I believe, right now, we are averaging between 250 and 500 users a month, whereas we started off with something around $50 a month.
I would rate this solution's pricing model a seven, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best. This rating was done through a comparison of other tools like ServiceNow. ServiceNow was more expensive which is why we moved away from that solution.
Overall, I would rate the JIRA Service Management solution a six, on a scale from one to 10, where one is the worst and 10 is the best.