> The problem I have with the incessant Jira bitching is that I rarely feel that bitchers have a true understanding for the extreme difficulty of the organization-wide problem Jira is trying to solve.
No, I have a really good understanding of that. My problem is that Jira, in actual implementation, tends to be how some parts of the organization (often Product) tries to exert fine grained control over other parts of the organization (design, qa, development, operations, etc.) by micromanaging the process.
Also, sometimes your organization is just not that complicated. I've been in startups using Jira with dozens of states, with complicated transitions and approval steps, that would have been over kill in medical companies I've worked at.
No, I have a really good understanding of that. My problem is that Jira, in actual implementation, tends to be how some parts of the organization (often Product) tries to exert fine grained control over other parts of the organization (design, qa, development, operations, etc.) by micromanaging the process.
Also, sometimes your organization is just not that complicated. I've been in startups using Jira with dozens of states, with complicated transitions and approval steps, that would have been over kill in medical companies I've worked at.