I realize company-wide planning is extremely hard, especially when there are many inter-dependencies that can block entire departments if a single deadline slip

I realize company-wide planning is extremely hard, especially when there are many inter-dependencies that can block entire departments if a single deadline slips. But in my experience, the only thing that Jira brings to the table is the ability to document, in a centralized place, the pieces of work that need to be done, and what stage they are currently in. In my field, anything software related is really hard to estimate accurately, which makes the whole aggregate estimation in Jira not only worthless, but actively harmful because management will treat it as truth. We could replace Jira with a big whiteboard of TODOs and we'd likely get things done faster, and with higher quality. My favorite excerpt from the site: > Jira is not completely useless: it gives people who usually add negative value to the project a way to appear busy and productive, with associated rewards and promotion opportunities.