JIRA integration

[ddimonte]

Does ESPO integrate with JIRA?

[yuri]

No. But we plan to develop a project management extension for Espo this year.

[macistda]

We integrated Jira and Espo via N8N (Workflow Automation Tool) bidirectional with own JavaScript/API programming with a custom entity.
Included status update, version no, release plan, fetching Sub-Tickets linked within Jira and its Text, Comments and other Fields created within Espo / Jira.
But we want to throw out Jira because of its behavior like customers beeing forced to use the cloud.

Additionally we integrated a Gantt within Espo (uses the ldap-espo-user) with start/end date of this custom entity. Drag & drop to change dates available. Gantt is integrated within espo roles/authorization. Start/End are also syncronized both directions from Epso or / and Jira.

Gantt is based on https://github.com/frappe/gantt but customized with own programming from our development department. We used Nuxt and Vue. Gantt is created "on the fly" with JSON Files at runtime.

Mainly programmed by a student, a trainee/intern and one of our developers. Conception by a senior developer and me.


yuri If you need kind of "user-case"- input for a project management extension do not hesitate to contact us, we would be also interested in those.

[ThomasB]

Maybe an integration with projects like: https://www.openproject.org/ could be interesting as well.

[macistda]

We thought about Openproject and then rejected it, because it would have been way too much for us. We just wanted to have the magnetic board digital. Creating whole plans with Openproject is quite overdone for our use case. But for other cases that could be useful, I agree.

[ThomasB]

Yes, that was just an idea. Maybe a good place to get some inspiration on what would be suitable for EspoCRM. Focus on the most important features and keep it simple.

The problem with using many different tools is also that there is an overlap of features. For example, each tool has its own issue tracker and you only need one.