Re:I fucking hate Jira
by snapetom on Monday June 20, 2022 @08:48PM
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> It is more about inertia.
Can't agree more. A few years ago, I joined a large healthcare organization to take a break from the startup grind. During my tenure, I witnessed the selection process of an issue tracking system and a chat platform.
They picked Teams for chat even though Slack ruled, and Teams was way behind in features. Why? Because it was the easy choice. They had the typical Microsoft stack just like every other large company, so go with Teams even though it sucked.
They picked Jira for issue tracking. Why? Because it was the easy choice. No one knew how to fully leverage it, and there was no way workflows would get buy in across the whole organization.
In large companies, especially non-tech ones, tooling decisions are driven more by laziness and CYA than what's the superior product.
Can't agree more. A few years ago, I joined a large healthcare organization to take a break from the startup grind. During my tenure, I witnessed the selection process of an issue tracking system and a chat platform.
They picked Teams for chat even though Slack ruled, and Teams was way behind in features. Why? Because it was the easy choice. They had the typical Microsoft stack just like every other large company, so go with Teams even though it sucked.
They picked Jira for issue tracking. Why? Because it was the easy choice. No one knew how to fully leverage it, and there was no way workflows would get buy in across the whole organization.
In large companies, especially non-tech ones, tooling decisions are driven more by laziness and CYA than what's the superior product.