My company uses the product for the user storage it provides. The tool is also useful for requirements management and test management processes. The product is also useful to track the hours people in the company have spent on testing and test logging.
Senior Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Useful for requirements management and test management
Pros and Cons
- "The solution's most valuable features revolve around the dashboard view, which has a burndown chart indicating progress."
- "Some of the customizations are definitely a little challenging."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The solution's most valuable features revolve around the dashboard view, which has a burndown chart indicating progress. I also like the tool's ability to provide details phase-wise, allowing users to see how many tickets are in development and how many are in the testing process. It also helps users see how many tickets are ready to move to the production phase. The aforementioned areas of the tool are pretty frequently used.
What needs improvement?
Some of the customizations are definitely a little challenging. I depend on Zephyr to manage certain reporting aspects and deal with the challenges of customization. More than a thousand records are something that our company cannot retrieve, but with the administrator's permission, the limit can be increased. Some of the functionalities to increase the limit of retrieval, in case there are more than a thousand records, could have been included as a default feature since it would be helpful if I wanted to do some analysis or if I wanted to extract all the details when my limit is only a thousand records and then I have to search for another way to find and extract the details. If the aforementioned details of the issues in the product are addressed, then it would be great.
If there is a provision to increase the number of records retrieved, it would be really helpful. In the tool, only a predefined reporting is there, and it helps with some of the more customized reporting, like Power BI Report Builder, so the area of reporting can be enhanced and it can be really helpful.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Jira for two years. I am a user of the tool.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten. The product is always up and running in my company, and we have not experienced too much downtime in Jira, making it a very efficient tool.
More than 50 people use the product in my company.
How are customer service and support?
I haven't had the opportunity to interact much with the product's technical support, but based on the inputs from the other members of my team, I can say that my company was able to get support from Jira whenever required. I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The product's initial setup phase was not very complex, as it is manageable.
The solution is deployed on the cloud.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Compared with Jira, I feel Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) is coming up pretty fast in the market since the features attached to the paid version work well. Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) can easily integrate with other Microsoft products without needing any customization. Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) is growing pretty fast in the market.
What other advice do I have?
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.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Last updated: Apr 8, 2024
Flag as inappropriateDevOps Engineer at Merck Group
AI-driven ticket summaries enhance workflow automation
Pros and Cons
- "Jira is user-friendly and offers many features."
- "To improve Jira, providing proper documentation, examples, or snippets for scripting workflows would be beneficial."
What is our primary use case?
My primary use case involves creating tickets and tracking them in Jira. I am responsible for planning iterations and PIs, and I make use of the AI features for summarizing tickets.
What is most valuable?
Jira is user-friendly and offers many features. The AI integration, particularly for summarizing tickets, is extremely valuable as it simplifies understanding ticket content without delving into detailed descriptions. The user interface is nice to use, and the workflow automation could potentially make operations simpler.
What needs improvement?
To improve Jira, providing proper documentation, examples, or snippets for scripting workflows would be beneficial. It would simplify the user experience, making the automation process easier.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been an end user of Jira for almost four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I do not see any issues with the stability of Jira.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I am not aware of the scalability specifics since I am just an end user.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Previously, we used Jama. It has been out of scope for a few years and Jira took its place. This was a company decision, and globally, our company is now using Microsoft Azure.
What other advice do I have?
I am satisfied with Jira and would rate the overall solution a ten out of ten.
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Last updated: Nov 26, 2024
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Senior Project Manager & Project Technical Leader at C Tech Bilisim Teknolojileri San. ve Tic. A.S.
Helps to schedule tasks, customize them, and track progress within sprints
Pros and Cons
- "I have experience with Jira's bulk tracking and issue management. We use it to add new features to our product, fix bugs, and address customer feedback."
- "Improvements in Jira for the next release could include adding AI tools for dashboarding, making it easier to report insights, and enhancing business intelligence capabilities. It should also improve on-prem support. As far as I know, Jira's on-premise support is being discontinued. From last year onward, they stopped providing on-premise licenses and now only offer cloud support. This shift happened gradually, and I believe they now only offer cloud licenses."
What is our primary use case?
I use Jira to schedule tasks, customize them, and track progress within sprints. We follow a two-week sprint structure and manage all our tasks within Jira accordingly. We use it in the defense industry, and our applications are related to satellite communication.
What is most valuable?
I have experience with Jira's bulk tracking and issue management. We use it to add new features to our product, fix bugs, and address customer feedback.
The features I find most valuable for work and team productivity are creating subtasks and tracking their completion. Additionally, reporting features such as burnout charts and task reporting are quite valuable for us.
The tool's integration capabilities with other tools are quite nice. It's an open tool that easily integrates with third-party products like Microsoft Project and GitHub. Integrations work smoothly; we've also integrated it with requirement management tools per our needs.
What needs improvement?
Improvements in Jira for the next release could include adding AI tools for dashboarding, making it easier to report insights, and enhancing business intelligence capabilities. It should also improve on-prem support.
As far as I know, Jira's on-premise support is being discontinued. From last year onward, they stopped providing on-premise licenses and now only offer cloud support. This shift happened gradually, and I believe they now only offer cloud licenses.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with the product for ten years, since 2014.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
My company has 200 users, of which nine to 10 are from my team.
How are customer service and support?
The documentation and the internet are enough to clear our doubts.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The tool's deployment is easy; I rate it a nine out of ten. It can be completed in two to three days.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The tool's pricing is expensive. The new pricing is indeed quite expensive compared to what it was a few years ago. Last year, when we intended to renew our subscription, we found the pricing considerably higher.
What other advice do I have?
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.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Last updated: Apr 25, 2024
Flag as inappropriateRetail Sales Manager at Pine Labs
Used for ticketing and project management, but it should be more user-friendly
Pros and Cons
- "Jira queries can be used for different types of deployment automation processes."
- "The solution should be more user-friendly and include integration with different tools."
What is our primary use case?
We use Jira for ticketing purposes, project management, and writing stories, epics, and milestones.
What is most valuable?
The solution's maintainability, user-friendliness, and learning curve are all very good. We can use the solution's queries to filter everything and get the data out for business processes. Jira queries can be used for different types of deployment automation processes.
What needs improvement?
The solution should be more user-friendly and include integration with different tools.
For how long have I used the solution?
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the solution a seven to eight out of ten for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution’s scalability needs improvement. Around 5,000 users are using Jira in our organization.
How are customer service and support?
The solution’s technical support is quite good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used ServiceNow. We switched to Jira because it is more user-friendly and an easy-to-use tool for project tracking, project management, and integration. Compared to ServiceNow, Jira is easy to maintain.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of the solution is quite complex and should be simplified.
What was our ROI?
We have seen a 90% return on investment with Jira.
What other advice do I have?
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.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
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Last updated: Apr 15, 2024
Flag as inappropriateOSS Expert & Team Lead at Telekom Slovenije
Provides high flexibility to create new workflows quickly, but the performance and stability degrade as the database grows
Pros and Cons
- "The product provides high flexibility to create new workflows quickly."
- "The performance and stability are visibly degrading since the database has been growing every year."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution primarily for the IT development processes since we also develop some internal software and integrations. We use it for IT support. We also use the project management features. We help create some custom projects within Jira and assign or dedicate some of the projects to top-level projects. Some are epic projects. We have our own custom project structure within Jira.
What is most valuable?
The product provides high flexibility to create new workflows quickly. There isn't much work. We use it to track developers' and other IT personnel's time. Everybody enters all the tasks so we can create reports quickly. The integrations are fairly straightforward. The reporting and analytics feature considerably impacts our project management and decision-making process. I rate the impact an eight out of ten.
What needs improvement?
We had quite a lot of issues integrating BMC Remedy and Jira. They're different. A lot of information needs to be exchanged. The changes that need to be promoted from one on-site to another are challenging. It is easier to integrate Jira with other systems than BMC Remedy. The database has grown since we've been using the tool for 12 years. The performance and stability are visibly degrading since the database has been growing every year.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for 12 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the stability a six out of ten. We have a large database.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The demand is growing. Even though we put in additional and better hardware, the scalability is not what we would like it to be. I rate the scalability a four or five out of ten.
How was the initial setup?
The deployment took a couple of months. We needed a team of five to ten people to deploy the product. I rate the ease of setup a nine out of ten.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate the pricing a seven out of ten. The tool is expensive.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We looked for an alternative since Jira’s licensing is expensive. We tested five to six other products. However, we chose Jira because it is quite a solid product. We had a lot of data to migrate and didn't want to spend too much time doing that.
What other advice do I have?
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.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Last updated: Apr 10, 2024
Flag as inappropriateSoftware Engineer at Daum Communications
Integrates comprehensive workflow tools and has advanced dashboard management
What is our primary use case?
I use Jira in many cases when developing software. For example, I often use it for gathering software requirements, checking management, and issue tracking. Sometimes, I use it for planning my software development. I create some pictures and activities for my software planning, so I usually use Jira for my entire software development life cycle.
How has it helped my organization?
Jira is very useful for us, so we can set the resource and time because Jira gives us some dashboard. We can track and manage the due date of issues using Jira. It allows us to check the project status by using the Jira Dashboard.
What is most valuable?
There are many features in Jira. Our team uses Kanban and Sprint from Jira. It is very convenient to connect Jira with Teams and Slack. Jira's integration with our workflow is deep, and we rely on it heavily for software development. Jira's ability to streamline processes is crucial. It's a user-friendly tool that supports many kinds of APIs, and we can easily create dashboards.
What needs improvement?
Nowadays, AI is a very dominant function. I would like Jira to adapt AI functionality, which would be useful for finding issues or the status of the development plan. If AI functionality were integrated, it would provide useful features like searching for types of issues within Jira.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Jira for eleven years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Sometimes, there is a problem when Jira needs to sync data. During these times, we have to wait and can't use Jira. Although this kind of work is usually done over the weekend, it can cause trouble if we need to work during that time. After syncing, some errors occur but very rarely.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
As a user, I find Jira to be a very scalable tool. We have no problems when using Jira, indicating it is quite scalable.
How are customer service and support?
I usually ask for help from my colleagues. I do not contact Atlassian or their support directly.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used Polarium before Jira, but I did not like it. I find Jira to be more user-friendly, with many types of APIs.
How was the initial setup?
Our team makes tools using Jira API. It supports many APIs, so we can create our functions and tools. Overall, I'd rate the initial setup experience as an eight or nine from one to ten.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I have evaluated Polarium before.
What other advice do I have?
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.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Last updated: Nov 30, 2024
Flag as inappropriateGeneral Manager at Australian Payments Plus
Helps to gather requirements by raising tickets and track them
Pros and Cons
- "What I really like about Jira is that it ticks off all the boxes for any agile project. It's easy to set up, easy to use, and it has excellent notification features. Jira is the top choice for anyone working on agile projects like ours."
- "The tool lacks support for testing aspects, which means we often rely on integrations with other tools for testing purposes. If Jira could incorporate testing modules within its platform, it would eliminate the need for external integrations."
What is our primary use case?
We use Jira for various purposes. Firstly, we use it to gather requirements by raising tickets and tracking them in the system. Additionally, we utilize it for bug-tracking.
What is most valuable?
What I really like about Jira is that it ticks off all the boxes for any agile project. It's easy to set up, easy to use, and it has excellent notification features. Jira is the top choice for anyone working on agile projects like ours.
What needs improvement?
The tool lacks support for testing aspects, which means we often rely on integrations with other tools for testing purposes. If Jira could incorporate testing modules within its platform, it would eliminate the need for external integrations.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with the product for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the tool's stability an eight out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Jira is scalable. I rate it an eight out of ten; we have nearly 100 users.
How was the initial setup?
Installing Jira isn't difficult, but our administrator or IT help usually handles it, so I'm not directly involved in the installation process. We have around 50 resources for deployment and maintenance.
What was our ROI?
Jira is worth the money.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate the tool's pricing a five out of ten. It's paid yearly.
What other advice do I have?
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.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Last updated: May 6, 2024
Flag as inappropriateGroup Product Manager at Waresix
Helps teams work and collaborate faster to improve performance
Pros and Cons
- "I think one of the most powerful features in Jira is the customization of fields and workflow."
- "Users can be confused about how to use this tool as it's very complex."
What is our primary use case?
ira is a very complete tool in the tech industry, helping in deploying software. Jira is a very strong tool for a corporation with a team to track and monitor all the tasks that have been defined within a project. It helps teams work and collaborate faster to improve performance.
How has it helped my organization?
What is most valuable?
I think one of the most powerful features in Jira is the customization of fields and workflow. Jira helps in projects consisting of a workflow by providing templates with the return workflow, we can even modify the workflow and the fields.
What needs improvement?
I think the GIS can seem too complex for some people because there are a lot of structures in the software itself. Users need to understand how Jira works, how to define Apex, how to use the storage and many other things. Each template provided by Jira has a different functionality, so users need to explore further about the functions of Jira, especially for the setting and configuration factors. There might be users out there who are unaware of the features in Jira. Otherwise, users will be confused about how to use this tool as it's very complex.
For how long have I used the solution?
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product is stable, and in terms of performance, it's really fast. The support team from Jira always informs users in advance, for example, if there is any scheduled maintenance or anything related to the performance tab. I believe Jira also creates maintenance schedules by considering the non-productive hours for each country. Hub fixes and new feature addition time are also planned by Jira for users.
How are customer service and support?
Jira has a great Knowledge Center, for any kind of questions about how to use the product or other FAQs. Users can check the Knowledge Center before raising a ticket to Jira support. But for some cases, if someone creates a ticket, Jira support is very proactive and follows up on every ticket to provide a solution. Thus, support from Jira is great. I would rate customer support a nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Previously before using Jira, we were using Google Workspace because it also has collaborative features. But I think it was missing a lot of features compared to Jira. Jira is specifically created for product or software development, so it's suitable for our business product. Jira has also gone through a lot of improvements over the years since we are using it.
How was the initial setup?
Not much time is needed to install or configure this tool. You just need to register and subscribe before the tool is ready to use.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this product an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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