Jira Align Reviews

The solution was useful in monitoring and observing the status of different environments.

We have a dedicated team to monitor the solution and keep everyone updated about the status of our environments, tools, and applications. The tool enabled everyone to see the status of each environment. Based on the availability, they could decide whether to use the environment at a particular time or set up some test sessions for a day and block the environment for themselves or the team for testing or maintenance. The board meetings took much less time to figure out where we would be at a point when we needed to do some activities. Everyone was aware of the status. We could be better prepared for the meeting.

It takes a lot of time to maintain the product. There were a lot of changes in our environments during the day. Using the tool might have been more convenient and productive if we did not have hundreds of different environments. The tool must provide better bulk editing features. It must provide more flexibility to make a wide range of changes to many things at once.

I used the solution for a few months.

The product was pretty stable. I rate the stability a seven or eight out of ten. The solution is not the perfect tool for a complex environment.

The tool’s scalability was good. We have around 250 to 300 users in our organization. The technical team had three members.

The setup was straightforward.

The solution increases the productivity and awareness of the team members. It also saves the management’s time.

The tool is good if we do not have many applications or environments to monitor and handle. It can be really useful when we have to make a roadmap with the management team. Sometimes, it can be too much to maintain and handle if we have too many environments. We will always keep forgetting something. To keep everyone using the product and updating it was challenging. Half of our team used it and performed all the necessary actions. Overall, I rate the product an eight out of ten.

We use Jira for scrum-related activity and 80 people use this solution within our company. 

In my current organization, there are limited features that we have adopted. In my previous experience, the Portfolio and Structure feature in Jira is really valuable because it assists with forecasting for projects. 

We have experienced errors with the internal server that occurs frequently. 

I have been using this solution for eight years. 

This is a stable solution. I would rate it an eight out of ten. 

In my previous organization, I contacted the Jira support team for a particular feature and they suggested that we upgrade Jira because there was a bug in that particular version. After upgrading, the issue was resolved.

Jira offers very good GUI. The solution is easy to learn and there is a lot of functionality related to boards and project management-related activities that is offered. There is also good synergy between all the Atlassian products which is why we decided to switch to Jira. 

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten for pricing. The price of the solution depends on the number of people using it and the projects you are working on. 

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten. 

I mainly use Jira Align to manage my software development tasks for Apache. It helps me create user stories, organize tasks, and set up test plans and cases, making the whole process more organized and efficient.

The most valuable features in Jira Align are the dashboard for tracking my team's work progress, which helps me monitor story movement, and the reporting feature to track time estimates versus actual work done. This reporting is crucial for sharing project progress with senior management. I also find the integration with various testing tools essential for ensuring proper test case management and traceability.

One area where Jira Align could be improved is mobile accessibility. Right now, it is mostly for laptops, but it would be more user-friendly if it had a mobile-friendly interface. This way, senior management and others could easily check progress on their mobile devices when they are not using a computer.

I have been using Jira Align for almost five years.

I would rate the stability of the solution as a nine out of ten.

Jira Align is highly scalable. I would give it a ten out of ten for scalability. In my company, we have about 600 users of Jira Align, and we plan to expand its usage in the future. These users include engineers, team leaders, and architects. The majority, around 60%, are engineers, while the remaining 40% are in leadership or higher-level roles.

I would rate the technical support as an eight out of ten.

Positive

I would rate the easiness of the initial setup as a seven out of ten.

The pricing for Jira Align is quite high, especially when compared to Azure DevOps. While Jira Align has more features, the cost is a major concern for my organization. As a result, we are thinking of switching to Azure DevOps because of the cost, even though it offers fewer features. I would give it an eight out of ten in terms of costliness.

My advice to those considering using Jira Align is that it is a valuable tool for project management, especially for handling large-scale projects. It offers scalability and is relatively easy to manage and customize to your specific needs. It is a good choice for project management and agile practices. Overall, I would rate Jira Align as an eight out of ten.

Our use cases for Jira Align are particularly project-based. Whenever we go on a project, we utilize the solution, and at the end of the project, we drop that subscription. If needed, we go for a new subscription again.

Jira Align is an easy-to-use and user-friendly solution.

The solution’s stability could be improved.

I have been using Jira Align for four years.

I rate Jira Align an eight out of ten for stability.

More than 50 users are using Jira Align daily in our organization.

I rate Jira Align more than eight out of ten for scalability.

I rate the solution’s technical support a seven or eight out of ten.

Neutral

We also use Azure DevOps.

The solution’s initial setup is easy.

We implemented the solution through an in-house team, which had a couple of people.

We have seen a return on investment with Jira Align.

Jira Align is an expensive solution.

I am using the latest version of Jira Align. Jira Align is deployed on-cloud in our organization.

Overall, I rate Jira Align a nine out of ten.

The solution helps me with real-time data visibility. 

The tool helps us to stick with the timeline and budget of our projects. It also helps me to identify dependencies and red flags and intervene wherever possible. I have found the key metrics tab also useful. 

The solution needs to improve its pricing. It also needs to provide an integrated view of how other tasks are to be tracked. It would be also useful to see the integration of Confluence, Teams, and Slack into the product. I want to be able to communicate directly with others while using the product. I am also not sure if the integration of third-party alternate workflow tools like SAP would be possible. 

I have been working with the product for two and a half years now. 

The product is stable and I would rate its stability a nine out of ten. 

I would rate the tool's scalability a nine out of ten. My company has more than 100 users for the product. 

The tool's customer support is responsive. 

Positive

The product's deployment was seamless. The tool's deployment completes within 30 minutes. We have a team of four to five people who are responsible to maintain the product. 

I would rate the product an eight out of ten. 

I'm a Jira application architect, and I support a major client. They use Jira Align to connect the business strategy to the work that's being done by the delivery teams. I adapt and implement the tool that supports their business processes. Sometimes I'm a release train engineer where I plan the work that's being done by multiple teams.

Being able to do PI planning, using the program levels is most valuable. I find that the program-level reporting is most useful.

However, I believe that each user would answer the question differently as it's a complex software used by many users. 

I would like to see Jira Align merge and integrate better with Jira as a whole. A lot of the time, the data from Jira won't map very well into Jira Align.

This tool is very stable.

This tool is very scalable. 

We have 5,000 people using this tool.

We pay a lot of money for them to provide support. I would rate their support a five on a scale from one to five.

Positive

The implementation is a little complex and took six months.

I deployed it onto a machine and installed it. The installation doesn't take too long because it is hosted by the vendor. However, the configuration of the tool does take a long time. I've been working on it for two years and I'm not done yet because more and more portfolios and teams are onboarding. 

This product is expensive.

Your business will need to understand the transformation as they are transforming into an agile business. Once you know that the transformation training is on track, then you can use this tool. If it is not on track, then the tool is not going to provide any real help. It is important to understand how you will adopt this tool.

I would rate Jira Align an eight out of ten. It is a pretty effective and powerful tool, but you will need to know what you're doing and the implementation to support your business is challenging. Part of the challenge comes from the fact that businesses are risk overt. People are afraid of failure and tend not to change, but if they are looking for a new tool I would suggest Jira Align, as it is very effective and helpful.

Our primary use case is for running agile sprints, for our weekly planning, task tracking, assignments, milestones, and reporting. I also use the burndown charts, velocity measurements, and developer productivity. We are customers of Jira.

I like the solution's ability to create a backlog and in the latest version, the epic view is very useful, you're basically creating a backlog and then dragging and dropping into the sprint. It's very cool. I also like the velocity and the reporting which provides good visibility, burndown charts, and particularly velocity measurement. I've found their email integration very useful and they have a configurable way of adding attributes. They have some of the mandatory fields, some of which are more advanced. The solution has an easy learning curve with the good documentation they provide. For power users, it's very useful.

One aspect that could be improved is that a ticket is declared as completed only when it is in the last column of the Jira board, regardless of the state it's in so that completed tickets don't get picked up because it goes by column rather than status. It's an annoying feature of Jira which they could improve. They could also add additional reporting capabilities. If I want to look at a graph of the performance and progress of a particular developer, I can't do that. GitHub gives a lot of good statistics on developer activity, productivity, and I'm not getting it here. It would be a useful thing to have. 

Another feature I would love to have is an inline ticket creation from the  board. Right  now, I have to move to backlog, create ticket and then come back. 

I've been using this solution on and off for the last 10 years.

There are no issues around stability. Solution is available as a software as a service. I have not faced any outages or bugs which affect our work so far. Its been fairly stable. 

I haven't had any performance issues in terms of scalability. We only have 10 users and it's working well. I know Jira is also used by enterprise organizations, so I don't think scalability is an issue. 

I have used FreshRelease and Rally before. When I moved on, I had several options and found Jira hosted by atlassian to be the most viable solution for our startup. It works well so I'll stick with it. key point was it was integrated well with other tools used by us. 

The initial setup was straightforward, it's available over the web browser so there's no installation, it's just a matter of registering. The whole thing would have taken an hour maximum. It's pretty seamless. 

well, clarity in terms of what we need to do this week. This reduces friction and translates into velocity and productivity. 

The cost is $3 per user. So I'm paying $24 for eight users. We're just having an issue with the license flipping back to a free plan each week and I need to raise a ticket on that. Otherwise, it's seamless. 

Have used other solutions in the past. Jira was chosen because it seemelssly integrated with bitbucket and confluence and provides an integrated collaboration environment. 

Jira is great for small and enterprise organizations. I highly recommend it for startups. Another benefit is that Atlassian gives me Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Trello, they're a useful stack. I can use Jira for project management and agile management, Confluence for content collaboration, Bitbucket for code repository management and Trello can be used for a daily to-do list. It's all integrated. Atlassian has the key advantage of having been in the market for a long time.

I rate the product nine out of 10. 

We use Jira Align for standard agile use cases. 

The tool helps us with better tracking across various departments. Jira Align is highly valuable for organizations due to its flexibility. With my experience as an administrator, I can attest that it can be tailored to meet the diverse needs of any organization. It helps to eliminate the mess created by Excel spreadsheets. 

The product needs to improve its configurations. 

I have been working with the product for a year. 

I rate Jira Align's stability a nine out of ten. 

I rate the product's scalability a ten out of ten. 

The tool's deployment is straightforward. 

Jira Align's pricing is reasonable. 

You need to start your evaluation with simple use cases. I rate the product a nine out of ten.