I have not worked at a place where the workflow was so holy and important that it couldn't be captured in a near default JIRA install JIRA out-of-the-box is su

I have not worked at a place where the workflow was so holy and important that it couldn't be captured in a near default JIRA install JIRA out-of-the-box is surprisingly sane - most people who hate JIRA really hate the custom workflows their own organisation has inflicted on them.