JIRA is an antipattern
I agree with the issues raised by the article but disagree with the conclusion.  Prose is great but the way he suggested creating an architectural doc up front doesnt sound like it can evolve as the trench warfare progresses.<p>I feel like a big part of the issue is the disconnect between management and development people in many ways.  Most managers only really care about the surface level of the software.  Their situation of not being able to directly control the guts and the fact that their boss only sees the surface level reinforces that.<p>Another issue is that management expectations are almost always unrealistic.  It&#x27;s the nature of software development because it is a research process where it&#x27;s exponentially easier to envision the next step than it is to implement it.<p>My current belief is that both project managers and even executives need to be forced to look at at least some code every now and again and included in software engineering meetings routinely.  That is the only way they will start to understand the scope of the work and realize that there is work under the surface.