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> You'd be surprised at how many people actually like Jira, mainly because of how customizable it is. Are there any numbers of how many of the users like it, c
by Dunedan 5y ago
> You'd be surprised at how many people actually like Jira, mainly because of how customizable it is.
Are there any numbers of how many of the users like it, compared to how many users struggle with it? I can't imagine that a majority of Jira users likes it, as that's not my experience. I have met very few people (mainly project managers) so far, which believe that Jira (and other Atlassian products as well) are great products.
- beebob 5y agoI have to say that I strongly believe that the hate for Jira doesn't come from Jira but from misconfigured workflows. I used to use a stock Jira in my last companies and never understood what people were complaining about. I had boards with the simplified workflow and the team had free reign. I first started being annoyed by it when I joined a large corporation with a central department that would enforce specific workflows and processes. Now I can't move tasks into a sprint without assigning them to a person first, can't move task from status x to y and have a 100 custom fields in there. It's no fun anymore. At the same time the projects are owned by project management and it doesn't feel like home anymore. Where I initially opened up my Jira Board first thing every morning it now has become a chore. At the same time I have to say that I kinda understand where those processes come from. I now work in an industry where accidentally using a wrong issue type or forgetting to assign issues to specific code changes can become an actual issue due to traceability requirements mandated by law.