Project Management Software: JIRA and Trello - A Detailed Comparison

This presentation offers a comparative analysis of two popular project management software tools: JIRA and Trello. It begins by highlighting the need for project management software, emphasizing its benefits in terms of real-time collaboration, document sharing, improved reporting, and cost management. The presentation then delves into the specifics of each software, outlining JIRA's strengths in agile project management, sprint planning, and bug tracking, while also noting its complex UI and integration challenges. Trello is presented as a visual tool with advantages such as mobile-friendliness and instant notifications, but it is also critiqued for its limited storage and ineffectiveness with large projects. The comparison concludes with recommendations, suggesting JIRA for software development due to its task prioritization capabilities and visibility, and a final discussion summarizing the advantages and disadvantages of each tool, suitable for different project sizes. References to relevant research papers are also included.

Project Management
Software
JIRA and TRELLO

Introduction
• PM software can be indicated as a set of tools that
assists in improving the productivity of the Project
team
• The presentation aims in providing a comparative
analysis of two chosen project management
Software
• The two software that are outlined in the
presentation are JIRA and TRELLO

Need of Project Management
Software
• A PM software is needed to used as it offers several
advantages-
It helps in real time collaboration thus, helping the
team leads in working on multiple ventures
(Meredith, Mantel Jr and Shafer 2017)
It helps in easier document sharing among the team
Easier user documentation is possible with the use
of these PM software

Need of Project Management
Software (cont..)
• A PM software is needed to
used as it offers several
advantages-
The reporting process is
improved with the help of PM
software (Sajad et al. 2016)
Effective cost management
and easier scheduling is
another key advantage of
making use of PM software

JIRA
• JIRA is an agile PM
software that is used for
management of software
projects (Ortu et al. 2015)
• This software is quite
effective in planning
sprints, generation of
reports and tracking the
project issues

JIRA (cont..)
Advantages
• JIRA can be easily integrated
with other PM tools for
effectively planning tracking
and release of software
(Hoang and Shrestha 2014)
• Project bug tracking can be
done quite effectively using
JIRA
Disadvantages
• The integration process
with other software is
quite complex
• Reports generated from
JIRA are not reusable
• The UI is complex and can
be confusing for new users

TRELLO
• Trello can be described
as a visual project
management and
collaboration tool
• Trello enables users to
openly discuss the
tasks which helps in its
easier management

TRELLO (cont..)
Advantages
• Trello is mobile friendly and
effectively works on every
platform
• Provides instant/ continuous
notification of the immediate
deadlines
• Trello offers a less complex
pricing structure
Disadvantages
• The storage is limited
• The software can be
ineffective in handling large
projects (Johnson 2017)
• The feature of reviewing
the iteration is not present
in Trello

Comparison Between JIRA and
TRELLO
JIRA TRELLO
Jira is designed for software teams
that targets software developers
and builders
Trello has a broader audience in
comparison to JIRA and is not
limited to only software
developers and builders
JIRA Offers on premise and cloud
hosting (Hoang and Shrestha
2014)
TRELLO on the other hand offers
cloud hosting
JIRA mainly deals with project
and issue tracking
The key feature of TRELLO is
Kanban boards (Ostergaard 2016)
JIRA is mainly used for creation
of stories and management of
sprints
Trello is used for organizing
projects into boards

Recommendations
• The project management tool JIRA is
recommended as it provides better visibility of the
most basic and the important things needed during
software development
• JIRA provides an opportunity for prioritization of
each and every tasks in a project and hence this PM
software is recommended.

Conclusion
• The presentation provided an idea of the two most
commonly used PM software
• In the presentation the advantages and the
disadvantages of each of the PM software is discussed
• Both JIRA and Trello is effective in management of
certain key PM functions. Smaller projects can be
easily managed with JIRA while larger projects can be
managed with TRELLO

References
• Hoang, N.M. and Shrestha, S., 2014. Project management software and its utilities: case: JIRA
and Microsoft Project.
• Johnson, H.A., 2017. Trello. Journal of the Medical Library Association: JMLA, 105(2), p.209.
• Meredith, J.R., Mantel Jr, S.J. and Shafer, S.M., 2017. Project management: a managerial
approach. John Wiley & Sons.
• Ortu, M., Destefanis, G., Kassab, M. and Marchesi, M., 2015, May. Measuring and
understanding the effectiveness of jira developers communities. In 2015 IEEE/ACM 6th
International Workshop on Emerging Trends in Software Metrics (pp. 3-10). IEEE.
• Ostergaard, K., 2016. Applying Kanban principles to electronic resource acquisitions with
Trello. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 28(1), pp.48-52.
• Sajad, M., Sadiq, M., Naveed, K. and Iqbal, M.S., 2016. Software Project Management: Tools
assessment, Comparison and suggestions for future development. International Journal of
Computer Science and Network Security (IJCSNS), 16(1), p.31.