People say Asana is more a general project management tool whilst Jira is geared towards software development. But thats not true, lets break down the pros and cons between Asana vs Jira
Asana is a project management tool focused on communication, while Jira helps software development teams plan and track new software and product releases.
Jira
Jira Software is a popular issue tracking product of Atlassian, a 100 Million dollar company with headquarters in Sydney, Australia. Jira was released in 2002 as a pure issue tracking software for software developers. Slowly but surely, it was adopted by non-IT teams for tracking any type of issue, task, and other work items. Many project management software today provide JIRA as a free and easy to use issue tracking solution. These systems usually include information such as the date the issue was identified, a description of the problem, its priority, and the responsible person or team for resolving the issue, among others
Pros:
It supports the management of the project’s big picture, to allow you to view the big picture and to communicate plans, connect the bigger roadmap goals to your team’s everyday tasks
A great option for agile teams. The software provides a single pane of glass for all of your user stories, as well as tools for creating reports such as burndown charts, and tracking team productivity and task assignments.
They have easy integration with popular third-party software, like Hipchat and Slack. The Atlassian Marketplace has over 3000 apps that can help extend the features of our software.
Jira supports every requirement you can think of. Users can create anything from a new table to an entire component of a form. Users can create and customize anything from a field to a timeline.
Their software can be used by many different types of users, non-technical and technical alike.
Cons:
Users are less satisfied when using the Jira mobile app. They find using the app cumbersome and slow. They prefer to use the web version of Jira.
The migration between Microsoft Team Foundation Server and Jira is a complex process that involves manual work to migrate each artifact into Jira, which is time-consuming especially if you have a long backlog.
Their reports are fully customisable. You can select which fields will be displayed and in what order. This means that you can use the report again and again.
Users face limitation in file size upload. For instance, users can only upload 10MB or less of files. This is because there is no space for them to upload bigger files.
Some people find the user interface a bit cluttered, and filtering tools are not the easiest to use. Also, some find the configurations confusing, because some parts of the software still use an older version of their graphical interface, while some parts are newer.
Quick Conclusion:
Jira is one of the most exciting project management software out there, with great features for agile. It also has a huge amount of features too, with thousands of plugins on offer to extend its functionality further.
Asana
Asana is a project management tool where users create a workspace that represents the scope of the project they are working on. Managers can create tasks, assign them to team members, and provide deadlines. They can manage each task in either a single or multiple ways, including by adding comments and files to them. Team members receive notifications about upcoming deadlines and the status of assigned tasks in their inbox. Asana is applicable for both short- and long-term projects and allows users to archive completed tasks for future use.
Asana
Pros:
It offers a free plan. Asana, just like other large project management software companies, doesn't have a free version. However, there are still ways for small teams to have access to their own project management software. Thanks to its free plan, small teams that are on a tight budget can still have access to their own project management software.
This is done through the integration of third party apps which can be used for data transfer. This also means that there are numerous integrations available for Asana, including Salesforce, Slack and Dropbox.
Asana's focus on helping businesses and organizations to be productive is one of the project management software's greatest features. Assignment deadlines, for example, are displayed for each task.
Great security. Asana offers the security you need when storing your files with them.
Asana allows you to fully customise how you use the software. This means that team leaders can monitor each project separately and have the power to change how they use the software, depending on their needs.
Better collaborative work. On Asana, you can invite other people to your projects, and they work together with you easily. Managers can assign you to follow certain tasks, and you will always know what you need to do to finish them.
Cons:
Not structured for new users. Experienced users are quite happy with Asana, but new users feel intimidated by the software's interface and graphics.
Too many features. Asana is not ideal for small teams or one-off projects. It's so feature-packed it can be overwhelming for a very simple project that doesn’t need all these features. A lot of reviews complain of decision fatigue from this.
Only one person can be assigned to a task. This is to reduce the risk of confusion, but it can lead to problems when that person is unavailable.
While this is a very powerful tool, it is not ideal for tracking time. Qwilo enables you to do this without the need for any additional software.
Asana doesn't allow exporting in PDF or Excel format
Quick Conclusion:
Asana has been used in many businesses for many years. Though there are few differences between the cons and pros, it is still up to individual users to decide on the product by their experience
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