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I wish someone would make a modern project management system that was not working against the user all the time. I use Jira heavily in different projects and I

by Jnr 6y ago

I wish someone would make a modern project management system that was not working against the user all the time. I use Jira heavily in different projects and I am baffled at how slow it is. Such a popular product but the user experience due to frontend slowness is terrible.

blowski 6y ago
Can you go into detail on "modern"? The problem with project management systems is that you have four important levers: * configurability (enforcing rules, custom workflows, triggers) * usability of the UI (speed, simplicity) * multi-user (including consistency between users) * scale (number of projects, users, tickets) You can't have all those at the same time. If you want it to be very configurable, you have to choose whether to prioritise scale (Jira), or usability (Trello, Asana), or drop the multi-user (Excel, Google Sheets). In my opinion, the problem with most project management systems is the problem with project management management itself - trying to do too many complicated things at the same time. It's pretty easy to manage even a fairly large programme of well-scoped projects on just about any software.
- Jnr 6y ago
  By 'modern' I was thinking about system with most of the features that Jira and others have, but with fast backend and fast javascript UI. I don't think that speed is dependent on simplicity. One could make an advanced system with all the features that is still optimized for speed. There are other programs that check all the boxed, just not one for project management. I guess everyone is used to it. :)
  - diacritica 6y ago
    We developed Taiga (taiga.io) with that in mind. It's meant for cross-domain teams but a lot of people use it for their own personal projects. At the moment, 50% of new Taiga users come from Trello or Jira (in that order). Check it out https://resources.taiga.io/getting-started/ https://resources.taiga.io/getting-started/

by Jnr 6y ago

blowski 6y ago

Can you go into detail on "modern"? The problem with project management systems is that you have four important levers: * configurability (enforcing rules, custom workflows, triggers) * usability of the UI (speed, simplicity) * multi-user (including consistency between users) * scale (number of projects, users, tickets) You can't have all those at the same time. If you want it to be very configurable, you have to choose whether to prioritise scale (Jira), or usability (Trello, Asana), or drop the multi-user (Excel, Google Sheets). In my opinion, the problem with most project management systems is the problem with project management management itself - trying to do too many complicated things at the same time. It's pretty easy to manage even a fairly large programme of well-scoped projects on just about any software.

Jnr 6y ago
By 'modern' I was thinking about system with most of the features that Jira and others have, but with fast backend and fast javascript UI. I don't think that speed is dependent on simplicity. One could make an advanced system with all the features that is still optimized for speed. There are other programs that check all the boxed, just not one for project management. I guess everyone is used to it. :)
- diacritica 6y ago
  We developed Taiga (taiga.io) with that in mind. It's meant for cross-domain teams but a lot of people use it for their own personal projects. At the moment, 50% of new Taiga users come from Trello or Jira (in that order). Check it out https://resources.taiga.io/getting-started/ https://resources.taiga.io/getting-started/