Jira workflow admin overhead and over-broad ticket email notifications
A Jira user says the tool requires a dedicated admin to configure and maintain workflows or the panel becomes messy, with no built-in automated organizing tools. Email reminders also go to every user in an assigned group rather than just the individually assigned person, flooding inboxes.
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