# Jira, Asana, Monday.com and heavy project-management software

> A waste of time for a lean team.

- Verdict: Never
- Vendor: Various
- Layer: [Business tools](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/layers/business.md)
- Last reviewed: 18 October 2026, by Nicolas Dao (Cloudless Labs, Sydney)
- Web page: https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/project-management-suites/. The whole stack in one file: https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/brief.md

Process for the sake of process. Jira, Asana and Monday.com turn a small team into ticket administrators.

## Don't use it when

- Always, for lean delivery. A minimal Trello board is enough.

## Use instead

A minimal Trello board, and notes as Markdown in GitHub.

## Alternatives

- [Trello](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/trello/index.md): A minimal board.

## Where it fits

- [Running the business](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/use-cases/business.md): don't. Process for the sake of process. Jira, Asana and Monday.com turn a small team into ticket administrators. A minimal board is enough. Instead: [Trello](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/trello/index.md).

## Related

- [Business tools](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/layers/business.md): every tool in this layer, with its verdict
- [The whole stack in one file](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/brief.md): every use case and tool, for questions that span many
- [Map of every Markdown file on cloudlesslabs.com, with what each one answers](https://ask.cloudlesslabs.com)