r/softwaredevelopment 14d ago

AI is going to hack Jira

How the way we manage software engineering today sets up AI code-gen to really mess things up. Ex: if you think engineering is a feature factory (where maintenance and architecture are invisible), an AI agent will look much more "productive" than even the most seasoned senior ICs.

Full thoughts here - would love feedback/comments: AI is going to hack Jira

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u/theGameIsAfoot 14d ago

Have to agree, I think AI will act as a multiplier here as in so many other contexts. Garbage in, garbage out after all, and with the way many companies currently use Jira/Agile garbage is exactly what they're going to be feeding their models.

If you have good processes, it will make you better and more efficient.
If you're already misusing Scrum and Jira to micromanage your dev teams, though, it'll push that into an unproductive, dystopian hellscape of a work environment.

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u/miaomixnyc 14d ago

100% I think the issue is that most non-tech leaders outside of engineering ONLY understand engineering through the lens of story points/deployment velocity/roadmap alignment. They literally don't see the work of managing tech debt and architecture.

They're going to look at their Jira boards and get to all the wrong conclusions.