Jira is a beast, like salesforce. It is self-perpetuating. It takes so much effort to configure that there are consulting agencies that specialize in it and cha

Jira is a beast, like salesforce. It is self-perpetuating. It takes so much effort to configure that there are consulting agencies that specialize in it and charge 6-figure sums to configure your instance… after paying that fee, managers need to cover their asses and keep paying for Jira, because sunk costs. At a certain point it’s just an abstract spreadsheet with custom rules no one knows how to maintain, and the team ends up praying to the Jira gods like some ancient religion to keep their dev process going. Anyone who does actually have a handle on it becomes a go-to resource on their team, so they jealously guard their install and never let the company switch try anything else to preserve their status