Jira Reviews

Team level agile project management.

Agile teams work with this tool. However, scaled agile support of this tool is limited.

• Dashboard possibility
• JQL query
• Workflow management.

Tree view of linked issues.

More than five years.

We are working in the safe channel process in the IT part of the bank. It is a good experience overall, but the look and feel for the user is not good.

It benefits us because we have globally located teams. Our team members work in different geographies, so the product is a better way to manage progress and see the status of different tasks. Otherwise, it is not possible to work in different geographies.

I can drag and drop to the different statuses. I can go into the task and change it, then I can directly drag and drop it from one status to another.

There is a difficulty viewing all the attachments because they are shown in one place. I would like attachments to be shown at the comment level. Right now, if I attach something, it will go into a single attachment pool for the task, not at the comment level. I.e., If I want to attach the new version of a document, it creates confusion because I have to remove the existing attachment.

When writing comments, there are not many options for formatting. We were expecting formatting something at the level of Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Document.

When creating a task, there is no place to add our estimation.

Three to five years.

Sometimes, it is slow and hangs. We faced some stability issues where JIRA was down for a day. Also, we have lost some of our comments made in the JIRA because of downtime.

I don't have any issues with scalability.

We haven't used it.

We did not have a previous solution.

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.

Managing our entire product development life cycle, as well as all test cases and test runs. That include at least 4 developers, 2 business analysts and 2 testers, all working on sprints. 

Before JIRA we had to create our PRDs, our product definitions requirements in another feature, then using another tool to organize the combine with all the JIRA tasks.

Now with JIRA Tasks, our product technicians can use the JIRA module to manage tasks by creating PRDs and user stories in JIRA, or even in Confluence (another product from Atlassian). Then, our PBAs, our business analysts, use Confluence to create all the definitions, which we can then use to create user stories in JIRA using the combine module.

The most important is the Agile management, because we use Agile in our everyday tasks. Also, the task manager is important.

Right now, the Task Management feature and Confluence are separate from JIRA itself. So, we have this problem where sometimes these modules don't talk to each other the way we expect them. So many times, links created automatically from new tools apart from another tool which didn't work, therefore you have to manually go into the task, even though the link is right there.

Another example, in JIRA you create a test sessions with user stories, then buttons from the user stories can automatically change the status of a test session from started, completed, or paused, which doesn't work. Therefore, there is a problem there: inter-module conversations.

Three to five years.

It's pretty stable. It doesn't go offline very often.

It works great for scalability. We have many users with more users coming. Our current users are on the road and can work.

Right now, we have a technician, a specialist, in another country that works closely for JIRA. So, we don't have technical support directly with them.

I used just Excel sheets. JIRA was a major improvement for a variety of reasons listed in other answers.

Even though, JIRA was a new thing at the company that I worked for, it was pretty easy to setup. The product is fast, so you don't have any frustration with installation. Account creation was pretty easy, too. Not too complicated.

We tried Microsoft, but it only supports task management. It doesn't support creating test sessions the way we like to them. Also, it doesn't support product definition the way JIRA supports us and Microsoft's general interface is a whole mess, so we prefer JIRA.

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.

<ul> <li>Customizable workflows</li> <li>Agile / Scrum compatibility and offerings</li> <li>Granular access/security settings</li> <li>Large selection of add-ons</li> <li>Ease of use </li> </ul>

Since our service is customized to each client, the ability to customize workflow for each project's specific needs has improved productivity simply by streamlining our efforts.

We switched to JIRA this past February. So 7 months.

There is a steep learning curve for administration. While the tool is fairly easy for our users to understand and use, what it takes to set up the system to MAKE it easy for end users is fairly complex. There is a large amount of information to know and many interdependent layers.

We did not encounter any stability problems due to the JIRA itself. The problems we ran into were server-based and improved significantly after upgrading our server.

Not yet. =)

Customer Service: I would give it high marks. From an account service standpoint, all of my questions and requests have been replied to quickly and thoroughly.Technical Support: Medium-high. It mostly takes the form of Q&A within their Atlassian Answers forum that then leads to links of posted documentation on their Confluence pages. So there is a wealth of information and people able to offer advice and help. But it has a very "self-help" feel when trying to track down answers.

We did previously use a competing solution. We decided to switch based on several factors: cost, (lack of) support from the previous tool, and mostly we felt the strengths and weaknesses of the prior tool did not match up well with our needs and processes.

It was complex, but in a good way. We used a vendor called Service Rocket to help us through the process and they were magnificent. We spent several weeks with them as they got to know our process and needs to help tailor the setup solution. So it was complex in that we spent a lot of time closely examining our processes and workflows to make sure the solution fit accurately.

We looked at numerous other products. Some were more well-traveled offerings like Rally, AtTask, Clarizen, and Basecamp. Others were newer to the game like 10,000ft.

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.

We use Jira as a help desk, an IDSM. We use it on a daily basis. Every ticket gets opened on it.

It's very simple to change the workflow and adapt it. Jira is very user friendly for the agent and the user.

It's a very customizable solution, but as a customer, we're always looking for additional customization. There could be better customization in future releases. If we changed from Atlassian to another product, we would look for a customizable solution.

I have been using this solution for many years.

The stability of Jira is good. We haven't had any issues with stability or performance.

It's a license-based software, so if you pay more for the license, the solution becomes more scalable.

Customer support is usually good. I have had no issues with them. 

Setup was straightforward. There is no dedicated team for maintenance. Our IT department handles that. It's a simple solution.

There are no additional costs to the standard licensing.

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.

As a lead consultant, I assess the testing maturity and suggest how our clients can improve what they're doing. I also carry out training sessions for Jira and other solutions as to how they can effectively use the solution. 

I like the ease with which we can do our workflow administration, especially with respect to defects. We can do good work with the boards, whether it's a Kanban or a Scrum board. It's much easier with Jira than with other tools. 

The solution could be improved with respect to how the end-to-end is managed from product backlog creation until test completion. Although it can be customized, if there was a standard out-of-view box feature or a workflow, that would be helpful. There are features that are currently not out of the box and lack end-to-end traceability, such as the business value of a particular feature. It would be great if that were included. 

I've been using this solution for over two and a half years. 

The product is stable. 

We are currently working with an enterprise client and we are able to scale easily. 

Jira's technical support is good. 

I previously used HP ALM, as well as TestRail, which is now focused more on test management. ALM was the major tool that I used before we started using Jira.

The licensing costs are reasonable. 

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. 

We are using Jira Interview to handle all the facts from clients and schedule calls with them. We have a different operations department that configures Jira, and we have technical people that help us choose the deployment model. 

The main reason we are using Jira at this time is for a different dashboard and chart. The major one that we are using is for the stock analysis, and it's nice to get that time log for our team, get the score of the game, 40 points delivered in a week or a month. we are using Jira for following purposes:

Issue tracking
Customizable workflows
Estimation & work logging
Progress reporting
Scrum boards
Kanban boards
Project-level permissions
Project backlogs
Email notifications
Roadmaps

Productivity increased by using this tool and organization can measure the productivity of a resource. early alert being displayed in the case of project failure and success. Org can identified the work load on resources for a day. 

We like the test cases in Jira. The orange dash items view was great, and we like the features and layout of the data. It's quite different, and people are now getting their items so quickly. We love the bulk edit feature. Jira also integrates well with Bitbucket.

Sometimes it takes time to load the data.

I've been using Jira since 2015.

Performance-wise, Jira is good, but sometimes it takes time to load that data. 

Jira is scalable. We have about 470 people working with Jira in our company.

The support team is very helpful and supportive. I requested multiple things and faced some concerns, they were very cooperative and responsive.

Asana. Jira has better work flow and features relative smart and easy to use.

It is easy to set up. We can use project templates. We can use classic projects templates or create new templates. We have also build the custom workflows for the custom templates.  We use templates for our daily progress.

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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