Jira or Jira Studio are wonderful products and heavy customization is definitely one of their strongest sides, but it also means that all those customization options are a bit overwhelming.
Are there any good resources (open or demo Jira instances, articles, videos etc) that will demonstrate a good Jira setup for small product-oriented software company.
I haven't seen a specialized 'small business' configuration for JIRA. As long as the default configuration works well with your workflows, I might just use it as it is.
I would call it a big advantage, getting a preconfigured issue tracking system out of the box. Further configuration can be done step by step, keeping your users on board.
Alex,
Did you look at the dragons - a configuration scenario for setting up the complete Atlassian tool stack: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/ATLAS/Here+Be+Dragons
Would this meet your requirements ?
Francis
You can use Instant Atlassian to easily install & host Jira and Confluence on Amazon EC2. The licenses for small teams (10 people) are $5 each, and the running costs with Amazon are $5-10 per month.