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Jira: Thumbs up or Thumbs down?

2 points by jiteshdugar 8y ago

What is your overall opinion about Jira? Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?

mymotta 8y ago
Too complicated to use, especially in roles and permissions. I don’t need a Ferrari,where a bicycle will do just fine.
- jiteshdugar 8y ago
  True. It is probably very powerful but is very complicated to use and get started. Have you considered alternatives?
makecheck 8y ago
Down. Functional but over-engineered. I don’t like wondering if the page will just hang or go blank when I touch one small thing.
- jiteshdugar 8y ago
  Yes. It's become complicated due to the high number of integrations that it supports. It does make it useful, but it has been over-engineered like you said. What alternatives have you considered? I found a couple of good ones recently Codegiant & Scrumpy, and evaluating between them currently.
  - makecheck 8y ago
    The only other ones I’ve used for any serious amount of time were Bugzilla, Trac and ClearDDTS. I also dabble with GitHub Issues. Bugzilla is another functional-but-not-ideal one. It just seemed bulky somehow; I don’t tend to want a lot. Trac is probably my favorite but it tends to work best if you can adopt it all at once (code, wiki, etc.). At the time I was using Subversion, which it could tie into well. I don’t know if it handles “git”. It has a nice wiki format. Everything cross-links easily. DDTS is quite old but was surprisingly robust and versatile (probably not even sold anymore though). It had a very Unix-style design with many commands, text file formats with a side database, and a web wrapper over it all that has page templates, etc. It does issue tracking and as far as I know it doesn’t integrate with anything else (no special knowledge of revision control...maybe ClearCASE?).
jedisct1 8y ago
Terrible.
- jiteshdugar 8y ago
  What are you using as a replacement to Jira?
cimmanom 8y ago
A PITA to configure. Magnificent if configured right (hint: simplify, simplify; provide use-case-customized simplified kanban boards and issue filters to anyone who doesn't want or need the complexity). Irreplaceable for reasonably tech-savvy project managers. And the new UI may be more modern and mobile friendly but is harder to use on desktop than the old one.
- jiteshdugar 8y ago
  Yes. configuration takes a lot of time and it is not easy to get started. Have you considered alternatives that are worth looking at?
  - cimmanom 8y ago
    Everything else I've looked at falls short in one or another crucial way. The closest has been Phabricator, which felt clunky in comparison (granted, it's been a few years now since I've used it.)
    - jiteshdugar 8y ago
      Codegiant and Scrumpy look like good alternatives atleast for me.

2 points by jiteshdugar 8y ago

What is your overall opinion about Jira? Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?

mymotta 8y ago

Too complicated to use, especially in roles and permissions. I don’t need a Ferrari,where a bicycle will do just fine.

jiteshdugar 8y ago
True. It is probably very powerful but is very complicated to use and get started. Have you considered alternatives?

makecheck 8y ago

Down. Functional but over-engineered. I don’t like wondering if the page will just hang or go blank when I touch one small thing.

jiteshdugar 8y ago
Yes. It's become complicated due to the high number of integrations that it supports. It does make it useful, but it has been over-engineered like you said. What alternatives have you considered? I found a couple of good ones recently Codegiant & Scrumpy, and evaluating between them currently.
- makecheck 8y ago
  The only other ones I’ve used for any serious amount of time were Bugzilla, Trac and ClearDDTS. I also dabble with GitHub Issues. Bugzilla is another functional-but-not-ideal one. It just seemed bulky somehow; I don’t tend to want a lot. Trac is probably my favorite but it tends to work best if you can adopt it all at once (code, wiki, etc.). At the time I was using Subversion, which it could tie into well. I don’t know if it handles “git”. It has a nice wiki format. Everything cross-links easily. DDTS is quite old but was surprisingly robust and versatile (probably not even sold anymore though). It had a very Unix-style design with many commands, text file formats with a side database, and a web wrapper over it all that has page templates, etc. It does issue tracking and as far as I know it doesn’t integrate with anything else (no special knowledge of revision control...maybe ClearCASE?).

jedisct1 8y ago

Terrible.

jiteshdugar 8y ago
What are you using as a replacement to Jira?

cimmanom 8y ago

A PITA to configure. Magnificent if configured right (hint: simplify, simplify; provide use-case-customized simplified kanban boards and issue filters to anyone who doesn't want or need the complexity). Irreplaceable for reasonably tech-savvy project managers. And the new UI may be more modern and mobile friendly but is harder to use on desktop than the old one.

jiteshdugar 8y ago
Yes. configuration takes a lot of time and it is not easy to get started. Have you considered alternatives that are worth looking at?
- cimmanom 8y ago
  Everything else I've looked at falls short in one or another crucial way. The closest has been Phabricator, which felt clunky in comparison (granted, it's been a few years now since I've used it.)
  - jiteshdugar 8y ago
    Codegiant and Scrumpy look like good alternatives atleast for me.