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This thing is in absolutely no way a Jira alternative.

(YouTrack is the Jira alternative, but it's not free.)

For us, the key was to build a simple Jira alternative. A good PM tool should do the basics, and get out of the way.

Personal opinion, so many PM tools tend to be bloated and each view ends up causing more mental overload for the team, EM and PM.

We've tried to focus on speed with performance and keeping things simple.

"Simple" isn't a Jira alternative; not being "simple" is Jira's entire raison d'etre.

If you want "simple" there are already a thousand and one options available, but alternatives to Jira are extremely rare. This is how Atlassian captured the market.

So in my opinion you should really change your marketing, as it is it really gives off a false advertising vibe.

Jira is a project management tool? I think that one of the only things we don't use it for.

It's a great operating system, lacking only a decent project management tool.

That's surprising to hear. What do you use for this purpose then?

CRM, service desk, CMDB, trouble ticket, tickets in general, we just don’t use it to manage project. We have tried things like the Kanban board, but it’s not all that good. Our PM find it easier to keep the tasks in Jira, but do the planning i MS Project

Jira is a communication and documentation platform. You can bolt on some agile project management stuff (Kanban boards and whatnot), but that stuff always seems like a fifth wheel for Jira.

That doesn't answer the question. And, just for the record, "Kanban boards and whatnot" is exactly how we use Jira.

We went from Jira to Tara (with Notion in the middle), and the problem is everyone thinks they need Jira, and a huge swath of people really don't. Jira is a complex product and those complexities are probably needed by some people.

OTOH, Tara's simplicity is godsent, especially as a small team. The comparison makes sense to me.

Hey PJ! We've loved having Placenote on board. Hoping the new slack integration works well for you guys- if not just ping! FYI - notifications on sprint reports are shipping in 2 weeks.

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