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it_user4995 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager of QA at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
Vendor
User friendly, easy to set up and maintain....

What is most valuable?

User friendly, easy to set up and maintain. Great integration along other Atlassian tools. Application can be enhanced either with free plug-ins or you can create your own.

How has it helped my organization?

Seamlessly merged efforts between quality and R&D.

What needs improvement?

Missing a Requirement Management piece on the suite.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer860379 - PeerSpot reviewer
MTS IV at a transportation company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
A flexible approach for agile development with a user-friendly interface
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature is its flexibility."
  • "I would like to see more robust release management within the tool."

What is our primary use case?

We use Jira primarily for Agile development and change management.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is its flexibility. There is flexibility in the structure, lifecycle, and workflows that you want to work with.

The interface is user-friendly.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see more robust release management within the tool. We're not able to use it at this time because of compliance issues within our industry. At this point, I'm not confident that it can meet the requirements.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Jira for about two years.

What other advice do I have?

This product has steadily improved since the time I started working with it.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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it_user6381 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of Infrastructure at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Vendor
JIRA is good once you've gotten the project started.

Valuable Features:

Maintained by a big company. Simple installation process. Extremely customizable. Front-to end exposure (repository, issue tracking, feature management, etc.). Enormous user base with lots of exposure. Add-on plugins. Excellent documentation and support. We can take advantage of the 10 user certificates of confluence and green hopper. Will be good to use when the project is going to start.

Room for Improvement:

Generally, customization, granted that it is done only at system productions state, is hard and time consuming. Most of functionality that is not required for use of system, cannot be deactivated; you need to dig through all superfluous stuff, in many cases. Even though JIRA documentation is immense and solid, filled with tutorials, you really need docs, to use JIRA, the system is so complex that you need to read docs almost for every customization task and even then, some views are hard to understand.
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Sorry, Meant bulk change on the tools menu

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Enterprise Solution Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Not user-friendly, and the interface needs improvement, but it's stable and well-known
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Jira is that it's a well-known tool that many people are familiar with."
  • "It is not user-friendly."

What is our primary use case?

I'm a consulting company. I provide solutions for many companies, and in some cases, I implement Jira. DevOps is something else that I provide for my clients.

Our clients range in all sizes. I have microscopic clients, such as a one-man company, and on the other end of the spectrum, I have the New Zealand government, for example.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Jira is that it's a well-known tool that many people are familiar with.

What needs improvement?

Jira is not the best tool; I just don't like it.

I am not looking to improve Jira. I have transitioned to using Azure DevOps or GitHub.

I don't like the interface or the way it is structured. I prefer the way it is done in Azure DevOps.

It is not user-friendly.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been acquainted with Jira for approximately five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Jira is a stable solution.

How are customer service and technical support?

I have not contacted technical support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We are also providing Azure DevOps.

I would recommend DevOps because it is more user-friendly and easier to use.

How was the initial setup?

I was not involved in the initial setup of Jira.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Jira a five out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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reviewer1611300 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Software Architect at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Real User
Scalable, great for project management, and is very stable
Pros and Cons
  • "Overall, the solution is very nice and has a variety of great features."
  • "For me, the solution is too complicated as it has too many features. It would be nice if they could streamline things."

What is our primary use case?

We mainly use the solution for project management. We are using Jira for our software development purposes only. Usually, we create a Jira project for each project and develop it according to its size. We assign team members who will belong to those projects, each project. Then, we manage everything using Jira.

Basically, the main purpose of using Jira is just planning and then checking issues. That's all for now.

How has it helped my organization?

We can lean on Jira completely during projects, even in terms of all the small things, surrounding planning. There are error reports, and we can take in the progress. We are not using any other tool except Jira for managing software development, including the testing and reports and following up.

What is most valuable?

Overall, the solution is very nice and has a variety of great features. 

The stability of the solution has been quite good.

We haven't had any issues with scalability.

It's a very useful project management tool.

What needs improvement?

For me, the solution is too complicated as it has too many features. It would be nice if they could streamline things.

They can make it a little bit better in terms of the user interface. Some things are very scattered. It is a bit confusing. They developed a new user interface, and I cannot follow the changes. There's documentation, however, it's not so good.

The solution has a pretty steep learning curve. It would be great if they could lessen the learning curve by providing more templates and ready-made options for new users to take advantage of.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for almost two years. It's been a while.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

In terms of stability, we haven't experienced any crash or anything like that. There are no bugs or glitches. We haven't suffered any issue with the Jira service itself so far.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Due to the fact that we are using the cloud service of Jira, we don't have any experience with any lagging or delaying or any of those kinds of issues yet. The team is managing this scalability and can scale up and down their resources automatically in the background. I don't have any issues with the scalability that's provided.

We are a small organization. We only have a team of 20 developers. We might increase usage in the future, should our team grow.

How are customer service and technical support?

We haven't had to reach out to technical support just yet. I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they are.

How was the initial setup?

I wasn't directly involved in the implementation process. I can't speak to what cloud the product is on or the exact details of the deployment.

We have only two people for the Jira management. We are only paying attention to security. We ensure we are giving the right permission to the right person, that is the only factor we are focusing on. 

What other advice do I have?

We are just customers and end-users.

As we are using the cloud version of the solution, we are always on the most up-to-date version.

For simple project management, Jira is too much. If you want to manage a project precisely, however, then I can recommend Jira. It's not only a software-specific version. There are different versions of Jira so that you can apply it to different areas - not just software. That is one good aspect. I'd say that it is very polished, and has a very well-defined approach to project management. 

I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. We've mostly been happy with how it's worked for us.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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VP - Data Solutions at IT Transformers
Real User
Quickly start sprints with an intuitive and easy-to-use interface for user story management
Pros and Cons
  • "This solution assists us with being able to quickly and easily start sprints and keep accurate track of them, including billing using a time-tracking add-on."
  • "The permissions can be challenging to get right."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for our scrum team and user story management.

How has it helped my organization?

This solution assists us with being able to quickly and easily start sprints and keep accurate track of them, including billing using a time-tracking add-on.

What is most valuable?

This solution is very easy to set-up and use. It is very intuitive.

What needs improvement?

The permissions can be challenging to get right.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using this solution for five years.
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Business Analyst, Scrum Master & Agile Coach at Atos
Consultant
Relatively easy for everyone to pickup and use
Pros and Cons
  • "It improved communication, as it was a popular tool, and most people enjoyed using it."
  • "Kanban board: The board is easy to use and visually impressive to non-IT users, who found it easy to relate to."
  • "Out-of-the-box reporting is limited. It would be helpful if more customisation was possible."

What is our primary use case?

  • Running agile deliveries with dispersed teams. 
  • The projects were typical agile, changing requirements frequently.
  • JIRA facilitated story management perfectly.

How has it helped my organization?

  • Overall, it has good viability. 
  • Relatively easy for everyone to pickup and use. 
  • It improved communication, as it was a popular tool, and most people enjoyed using it.

What is most valuable?

Kanban board: The board is easy to use and visually impressive to non-IT users, who found it easy to relate to.

What needs improvement?

  • Report customisation could be improved. 
  • Out-of-the-box reporting is limited. It would be helpful if more customisation was possible.

For how long have I used the solution?

One to three years.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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it_user535656 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Manager
Vendor
One of the valuable features is traceability from requirements to test cases. I would like to see test execution modules.
Pros and Cons
  • "​One of the valuable features is traceability from requirements to test cases."
  • "I would like to see test execution modules."

What is most valuable?

One of the valuable features is traceability from requirements to test cases.

How has it helped my organization?

Traceability was not available before. This is a great advantage for audits

What needs improvement?

I would like to see test execution modules.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have used this solution for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We encountered only a few issues with stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We did not encounter any issues with scalability.

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support is good. We use Beecom as the provider.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

QC was used here, but I do not know why they made the switch.

How was the initial setup?

JIRA can be parametrized quite intensively. Once you understood how it works, it works well.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We started here with this product, after the decision was made.

What other advice do I have?

Use Beecom as the provider.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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it_user607749 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user607749Manager, Live Production at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User

agreed!

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