A Study on the Applicability of Project Management Tracking with the Integration of Jira, Confluence, and Trello in Construction Project Management and the Differences and Advantages of Different Planning Softwares

Year 2025, Volume: 27 Issue: 81, 406 - 420, 29.09.2025

Ramazan Kaan Kılıç , Gürkan Emre Gürcanlı

https://doi.org/10.21205/deufmd.2025278109

Abstract

Globally, traditional project management methods are employed in the construction sector, with the utilisation of digital tools in project management remaining relatively uncommon. The utilisation of digital tools in construction project management will facilitate developments that will prove invaluable in project management tracking, coordination, communication between teams, cost analysis for future projects and risk management. The utilisation of new softwares such as Confluence, Trello and Jira tools facilitates real-time project tracking in construction project management, optimises business processes, strengthens and renders as transparent as necessary the coordination and communication between teams, provides digital project management, facilitates the follow-up of project management, identifies with greater clarity and speed the elements that impede project progress and creates analyses for future projects. This study presents illustrative examples of the usability of construction project management tracking with Jira, Confluence and Trello integration, and discusses the advantages of this approach in comparison to other project management software and project planning programs.

Keywords

Project Management , Jira , Confluence , Trello

İnşaat Proje Yönetiminde Jira,Confluence ve Trello Entegrasyonu ile Proje Yönetimi Takibinin Uygulanabilirlik Alanları ve Entegrasyonun Diğer Planlama Programlarından Farklı ve Avantajları Yönlerine Yönelik Çalışma

Abstract

Dünyada İnşaat sektöründe proje yönetim tekniklerinde geleneksel proje yönetim metotları kullanılmakta olup dijital araçların kullanımı inşaat proje yönetiminde pek yaygın görülmemektedir. İnşaat sektörü Proje yönetiminde dijital araçların verimliliğini kullanmak, proje yönetimi takibi, ekipler arası koordinasyon iletişim ve gelecek projeler için maliyet analizleri, risk yönetimleri konularında son derece önem arz edecek gelişmelere yol açacaktır. Confluence, Trello ve Jira araçlarının kullanımı ile İnşaat projelerinin yönetiminin takibinde; gerçek zamanlı proje takibi, iş süreçlerini optimize etmek, ekipler arası koordinasyonu ve iletişimi güçlendirip şeffaflaştırmak, dijital proje yönetimi sağlamak, proje yönetiminin takibi kolaylaştırmak, proje ilerleyişini yavaşlatan unsurları daha net ve hızlı bir şekilde tespit edebilmek, gelecek projeler için birtakım analizler oluşturma konularında fayda sağlayacaktır. Bu çalışmada Jira, Confluence ve Trello entegrasyonu ile inşaat proje yönetimi takibinin kullanım alanlarına örnekler verilecek ve bu entegrasyonun diğer proje yönetim ve planlama programlarına göre avantajları ve dezavantajları üzerinde durulacaktır.

Keywords

Proje Yönetimi , Jira , Confluence , Trello

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