[wolfgke]

"This is the root of the issue. Jira was made with project managers and product managers in mind. Not dev teams. Project and product managers (collectively referred to as PMs going forward) are the primary buyers and owners of Jira. Not engineers.

Engineers love simplicity and efficiency. Jira is the polar opposite of that."

Why shouldn't project managers and product managers love efficiency, too? If the tools allows the engineers to do their work more efficiently, the development speeed of the team increases - this is what makes project managers and product managers look good.