What is Jira Software?
It is a product of Atlassian released in 2002.Intially it was a bug tracking tool, later it started project management services. Jira software is used by many organizations for building software and tracking the issues. This software is mainly used by Agile developers.
With Jira Software the project teams can perform following main activities:
1.Create user stories.
2.Track versions.
3.Develop sprints.
4.Reprioritize user stories and bugs.
5.Real time reporting sprint by sprint.
Jira Software can be used by Agile teams, Project management teams, Testing teams and Software development teams.
It supports two famous frameworks:
1.Scrum.
2.Kanban.
Jira Pros and Cons:
Pros:
1.Supports cloud version and server version.
2.Third party integration support.
3.Ready to use and customizable dashboards.
4.Detailed insights and reporting.
5.Developer tool integrations.
Cons:
1.Reports are not reusable.
2.Complicated user interface.
3.Limited file size upload.
4.Limited project management features.
5.No built in timeline to track project progress.
