[XorNot]

Urgh Jira. Jira symbolizes the entire problem. Issue and task tracking where the actual issue and tasks are 3 layers deep from the main interface, and graphs and burn down charts are front and centre. It's all carefully architected to appeal and sell to the managers who buy it, rather then the dev's who use it.

Contrast to something like GitHub, where code is front and center, and issues are a flat list and which has no other BS cluttering it up. Why? Because GitHub isn't selling a product to managers first - it's selling to to dev's first (via getting them in on open source).

[CHY872]

Jira has its moments, especially for larger teams. I've seen it used for large projects, and there GitHub Issues would be garbage.

You can ditch a lot of the cruft from Jira by making your own dashboard etc.