Jira

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

In previous employment, I've had to manually pursue the various stakeholders while dealing with projects/issues through series upon series of email chains. Jira has made it so much easier, allowing a clear pathway of team collaboration across issues. It's easy to tag other stakeholders, to share throughout the organisation and to have clear management of expectations and a pathway to delivery. It's great overall, it makes my work so much easier and more efficient.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I really enjoy how easy it is to use across teams and across different offices and countries within my business. To simply be able to tag relevant, who then also receive email notification of updates is fantastic. I like being able to immediately direct issues and projects to the required teams and the nature of full visibility that the process entails. I like receiving email notification when there are updates to my tickets. I like being able to share the link to tickets with my colleagues. I like being able to edit comments. I like the clarity of the workflow and the order of prioritisation. It's a great platform.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Only minor issues - the process of adding external links to tickets is cumbersome compared to other platforms that I use; the process of sharing files to tickets is also fairly cumbersome; and the wording of the workflow can be a little tricky to understand.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I'd recommend this product strongly, it is very well-designed to encourage collaborative cross-team work on projects and it makes my life so much easier.

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

I was working within the Scrum and Kanban frameworks, so I needed a tool to track my work. Improving team communication and catching up with sprints is directly related to the Jira suite, and integration with GitLab or BitBucket improves store management performance. As a result, productivity and target area are more accurate.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It seamlessly integrates with a variety of other tools that engineers frequently use. It also includes many of the workflow, narrative development, and integration use cases that are essential to us. We can see the long term in Gantt style while utilizing kanban for sprints thanks to the option of assigning tasks, user stories, and issues in epics that can be specified in a roadmap. Additionally, each card comes with a number of beneficial documentation features, like a checklist, subtasks, and a fantastic text editor. And last, it features complex reports to help you understand how well your machine is performing.

What do you dislike most about this product?

We frequently discover that we must adapt our working style to the instrument, rather than the other way around. Furthermore, most of the time, a sophisticated setup is required to obtain the full benefit. Because the main panel constantly displays all available features, it might get congested with options you don't need, thus it would be excellent to be able to alter it from the user or even control it from the project lead.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Although it may appear to be a sophisticated or daunting program, allow yourself the chance to tailor this tool to your own needs, since this is feasible owing to Jira wide functionality. It is most effective when paired with Confluence.