Coach & Scrum Master who loves using the values & principles of Agile to help teams be their best selves.
Third Party Plugins...I'd love to hear some opinions from others on this topic as I'm torn about whether I think this is a good thing or a bad thing these days. I've run across this with Jira & MS Teams so far, but I'm sure it exists with other companies. While I love the accessibility of providing an API to enhance an application by opening it up to 3rd parties, I find it truly frustrating when it appears as if companies who are capable of doing the work are just leaving what I would consider foundational features in the hands of 3rd parties. The good news is the capability might be available sooner. However, the downside is that many companies restrict 3rd party add-ons due to security or financial obligations. As a user, I find it truly frustrating to search for the capability only to discover that, no, it is NOT really available because it is a 3rd party add-on, and it will either not be authorized to install or will not be purchased. My perception is that buying into MS Teams or Jira is not a trivial expense, and to then require the purchase of additional software licenses & agreements with multiple other companies because you would like features that some packages (ahem Slack) offer out of the box feels so lazy. But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe MS Teams is a freebie for buying into Office 365. Would love to hear how others feels about it and what other software packages are underwhelming you?
