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How Jira works
We've been using Jira to track bugs an feature requests in Sakai. At first I found it overly complex and hard to use, but I've adjusted to it, and now really value it's functionality. I get an email every time a Jira request is added. Those that I'm interested in I add to my watch-list so I'll know how and when they are resolved.
But here's something funny. This feature request -- Group enable worksite setup tool -- was created at 9:09 AM. 15 minutes later new code was checked into the repository to solve the issue, and at 9:39 the issues was marked "resolved."
Now this is a controversial issue, and there was a highly charged email debate about it. But I'm not writing about the content of the Jira request here.
What's funny is that it shows how important Jira is now in the development process. In Catch-22 there's a chapter about the map of Italy that the officers keep near their tent, showing the positions of allied and axis forces. Based on the position of the little axis flags on the map, the air crews will be sent on bombing runs. But the base is so fixated on the map, they lose track of the war. They start moving the flags around just to manipulate their flight plans. Don't want to fly over the anti-aircraft guns? Move the flags. Have some code you want to check in? Create a Jira issue.