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The #1 software development tool used by agile teams to plan, track, and release great software.

What is Jira?

Jira's secret sauce is the way it simplifies the complexities of software development into manageable units of work. Jira comes out-of-the-box with everything agile teams need to ship value to customers faster.
Jira is a tool in the Issue Tracking category of a tech stack.

Who uses Jira?

Companies
4838 companies reportedly use Jira in their tech stacks, including Pinterest, Twitter, and Udemy.

Developers
53938 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Jira.

Jira Integrations

GitHub, Slack, Bitbucket, Confluence, and New Relic are some of the popular tools that integrate with Jira. Here's a list of all 333 tools that integrate with Jira.
Pros of Jira
310
Powerful
254
Flexible
149
Easy separation of projects
113
Run in the cloud
105
Code integration
57
Easy to use
52
Run on your own
39
Great customization
38
Easy Workflow Configuration
27
REST API
12
Great Agile Management tool
7
Integrates with virtually everything
6
Confluence
5
Complicated
3
Sentry Issues Integration
Decisions about Jira

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Jira in their tech stack.

Needs advice
on
CrucibleCrucible
and
FisheyeFisheye

I need a tool to review. So when I searched, I saw Crucible and Fisheye. I have e few questions:

  1. Are Crucible and Fisheye start without Jira integration?
  2. Only for document review, which one should be preferred? What do you think about it?
  3. Am I doing import word document and export same word format? Well, when I upload a document to crucible, Is it possible to output in which format I enter? İs there a fixed format?
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Needs advice
on
Amazon CodeGuruAmazon CodeGuru
and
JiraJira

Hi, I need advice,

  1. Is it possible to integrate Amazon CodeGuru with Jira for Bug detection and logging.
  2. How does Amazon CodeGuru work in Build / Test , Deploy Phase.
  3. Can we use Amazon CodeGuru for Test Management, Project Management, and Release Management if yes then how and if no then please suggest some tools for integration.

Thanks in advance.

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Kaushal Arwal
Needs advice
on
Easy RedmineEasy Redmine
and
JiraJira

Hello All,

I have finalized two PM tools Jira and Easy Redmine. I have gone through the latest version of Easy Redmine and it has all the features. In the case of JIRA, I need to install multiple apps.

I believe both are the best PM tools available in the market. I need to make this decision as soon as possible.

Please advise which tool should I go for. Thanks

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Needs advice
on
MongoDBMongoDB
and
MySQLMySQL

I'm starting to work on a Jira-like bug tracker web app. This is a hobby project that is mostly a way for me to learn about different technologies and development processes(CI/CD, etc..) so I could be more ready when I start applying for programming jobs.

I'm debating between MySQL, which I'm less familiar with, and MongoDB which I have used in the past.

My two points of consideration are the following:

1) Which one is more likely to be relevant for web dev jobs? While I want to learn new technologies, I prefer learning ones that will make me more hireable in the future.

2) Which one is more flexible when it comes to changing the shape of the stored data? I expect to need to make some changes as the project goes on.

Thanks, everyone!

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Needs advice
on
QMetryQMetry
and
ZephyrZephyr

could you please share any pros and cons of QMetry compared to Zephyr? The team is already using Jira and needs a tool for test management integrated into Jira. tks

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Needs advice
on
AsanaAsanaAzure DevOpsAzure DevOps
and
JiraJira

I am managing a medium-sized team (15-20 people) who are geographically dispersed. Our team works in privacy, security, data governance, and compliance, but we DO NOT develop software. So, our choices boil down to Jira, Azure DevOps Boards, and Asana.

We are looking for a tool that:

  1. Is user-friendly for non-technicians and easy for us to self-administer.
  2. Permits us to automate common workflows.
  3. Allows us to classify work across multiple dimensions.
  4. Permits cross-functional visibility across work teams to identify potential points of collaboration and historical work projects.
  5. Enables management visibility to see where we may be overtaxed or under-resourced or whether the time is spent on the right priorities.
  6. Enables engagement/task assignments to people who are not necessarily on our team (i.e., I need someone in HR to do "X") - preferably without their needing to be fully licensed.
  7. Makes it easier for everyone to understand how their work connects to the broader team's big-picture goals.
  8. Enables easy integration with other common workplace tools.

Thanks for any guidance you can provide.

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Jira's Features

  • Create user stories and issues, plan sprints, and distribute tasks across your software team
  • Prioritize and discuss your team’s work in full context with complete visibility
  • Ship with confidence and sanity knowing the information you have is always up-to-date
  • Improve team performance based on real-time, visual data that your team can put to use

Jira Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Jira?
Trello
Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you what's being worked on, who's working on what, and where something is in a process.
Asana
Asana is the easiest way for teams to track their work. From tasks and projects to conversations and dashboards, Asana enables teams to move work from start to finish--and get results. Available at asana.com and on iOS & Android.
Confluence
Capture the knowledge that's too often lost in email inboxes and shared network drives in Confluence instead – where it's easy to find, use, and update.
Redmine
Redmine is a flexible project management web application. Written using the Ruby on Rails framework, it is cross-platform and cross-database.
Bugzilla
Bugzilla is a "Defect Tracking System" or "Bug-Tracking System". Defect Tracking Systems allow individual or groups of developers to keep track of outstanding bugs in their product effectively. Most commercial defect-tracking software vendors charge enormous licensing fees. Despite being "free", Bugzilla has many features its expensive counterparts lack.
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