Case Study: Zynga achieves streamlined bug tracking and faster game iteration with Jira Software

Zynga On Game Development Tools

Zynga, founded in 2007, is a leading social-game developer known for hits like FarmVille and Mafia Wars and millions of active players. Their challenge was coordinating fast, iterative development across many teams—QA, dev, operations—while tracking bugs, feature work and code changes in a way that supported rapid live testing and frequent releases.

Zynga standardized on Atlassian tools—Jira (with GreenHopper), Fisheye (and plans for Crucible and Confluence)—migrating teams to a centralized issue and workflow system integrated with source control. The rollout improved visibility into commits and issues, sped up task management and peer review, and enabled data-driven dashboards and burn-downs, helping teams collaborate more efficiently and release features faster.

Zynga

Micah Figone

QA Manager